Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1914-10-1, Page 6i House" Or, Dulcie's Confession 1 CHAP'TEI2 Vit. -Wantland.). • Doctor Crewe was a hatchet-faced little man. He greeted the lawyer -curtly.' "What's the meaning of this tale Mar- tha c'raddock lino been pouring Into my ear?" he demanded. "She 64190 tho Will I dew up for poor Carwardine can't be found! 1 told her you must all be blind, for l,nut 1t in the top right band drawer of his desk, locked it, took the key back to Carwardine, and he saw me replace the key on the bunch to which it belonged.' ' , There le no Will in any of the drawers of the desk." replied Mr, Norton, 'Come and'ee for yemeelf. But first tell me who Benefited by this Will?" A lot of charities -I forget their names," was the reply, "Martha Crad- dock was left a few thousand pounds, are I think, and the two girls fifty pouuds a year each. I may tell you. Ids. Norton, that 1 slid my best to persuade 11ir, Casa wardine to leave his money to his daughters, but he seemed to have taken thtviolent wouldenot them, what h eiask cl he would leave, them completely point lees. I thought they wouldn't thank me if I refused, and 1 dill what he asked." "Who were the witeeeses?" inquired Norton. liven mud James the gardener," was the reply. The Lawyer was silent for a few min- utes. euppese Carwardine was sound in mind'w!i+n he signets the Will?" he asked. P c o, erfe 11 • " was the reply. Mr. Lorton he'll the tray in silence to the study, but Doctor Crewe was no luckier in Tia search than the others had been. "With my own hande 1 placed it in the drawer. in a long envelope," he said, glaring angrily around him. "Some ons has taken its" cried Martha. "It looks uncommonly like it," said the doeter. But who could have taken it?" asked Duleie. "Only Motor Crewe and Martha knew where it wee placed. and it seems scarcely possible for anyoneto take the key of the drawer from my father's bed- room without his knowledge." Dulcies remarks eeemed very much to the point, anal Martha regarded her viciously. When it is found, you will not be so hoity-toity, my lady," she snarled. 'You forget yourself, Martha, • said Duleie with dignity. "lou are an old servant and privileged, but you are get- ting too proisumptuoue. You had better go out of the room.' "I shall do nothing of the sort!" re- torted the woman rudely. Dulcie turned to Dir. Norton. "Please get rid of this woman for 116." she said. Pay her what is owing, and a month's wages in advance. My sister and 1 have endured her insolence for many .yearn because she was an old servant, but we will not do so any longer. Our monde are quite made up on this point, and if she hasnot left the house by twelve o'clock to -marrow I shall ask you to send to Stalsteed for a policeman to remove her." Dutttle was perfectly cool, and her voice was determined. "Do you wish to dismiss the woman?" Mr. Norton asked Primrose. "Yes, please." was the firm reply. "She has been no friend to my sister 00 my - «ell. I shall be very much obliged if you will arrange for her to leave the house at the earliest possible Moment." "You will be sorry for this before many days are over. said Martha, laughing unpleasantly, •I will have the law on you for doing away with that Will. I know your goatee on for thelast three months, meeting men on the sly, and kissing them in the woods, and—" Elbe did not finish her sentence, for the lawyer stap1=1 her. He spoke a few words of warning to the angry woman, who Rung out of the room with this parting shot: "Walt till the Will turns npi" But the Will dirt not "turn up;" al- though a syste,natie search was made throughout the house. both by Mr. Nor- ton and. his cleat'. who thoroughly on- joyed the task, as it brought them into frequent rontaet with Dolexe, who looked ot•ettier than ever in her elegant nloura- Ing. At the end of a fortnight the search was abandoned ns hopeless, for it was evident that the document Doctor Crewe had drawn up was not within the walls of Blue Posts. Martha Craddock remained in the village 0rhile the search continued, and then took service with Doctor Crewe, who happeuedto be in need of a cook. To him -she as:crted her firm belief that either Primrose or Duleie Carwardine had learned of the Will and destroyed it. I am sure I do not know what has be- come of ft," Haid the doctor. You should have taken better care of its -you had plenty of opportunities for removing it to a safer place than the 121147." 'How was I to know it would be stolen?" asked Martha angrily. •If you had given me a hint I would have kept the Will in my oven possession, and we should both have beeu richer by several t]ro11eai d pounds." "I do not know what you mean," was 1.hei Elector's reply. ' It yoll'have forgotten what your share was to be for doing whatold Carwardine wan'tetl and keeping it quiet, 2 have not," muttered Martha. "Your memory is playing Sou a trick," said the doctor. "It may suit you to say so now," re- torted Martha, "but I fancy you would have been singing another tune if the Will had not disappeared." "I <lo not want to hear anything more about the Will. I am weary of the whole ediblr, and if you cermet hold yaw tongue about it you won't stay in mY /amass!" Martha Craddock, sullen and sheep- . pointed, entered reluctantly on her duties. The hopes she had cherished were shot terecl with her cunning plane, but one orlttn21 01 comfort remained to her when she heard that the Misses Carwardine were leaving Blue Posts and going to live in. London. 'Thank goodne-ss I shallnever see their facesagain r' she said, ' Ilio, good-for- nothing er'eatures ! No good will come to either of them!" She ecaui'ed her pans viciously, wishing 'she roudd-serve Hattie and Primrose its ehe treated the kitchen uteneils. and before ,,rosy days were over elle ha, acquired un extensive and elab00014 wardrobe. • She revelled in the thought that there was no one to arty her nay, for -1lth1001 Primrose chided her gently for being er- travogaat, yet she agreed that, atter all, there vopurchaeelt1115 things that haal`ibe' not denied them for so many year's. -I am going tosnake up for lost time," announced Duleie, "Conte along, Prim let us go shopping. we will take a taxi, and mill for Philippa. She has been aw- fully decent to us, and I am going to ask her to accept the fur coat elle ad- mired so much the Iota time Ave were at Bay's," Dulcie was certainly not eelfl_h with her nc,vle-acquired wealth, and the novelty r fol' haying 1 while, nhil tceenny',n r`thet11hmle ted of her time; but at length it began to pall, and she longed for some anter form of ex- citement. She cultivated Philippa's Srquaintiui1e. but in spite of her et2Orts sate very lit, tie of Jim. If she and 70101005e went 10 tea with Philippa. 1Leri0tt did not appear: he wee either out or in hie works11011. If they coked Philippa and her brother t0 dinner the latrer always had a business engagement. Dulcin did not appear to no- tice it, but Jim's defection wounded her in a very vulnerable part -her vanity. When site had bought more clothes than she could posatbly wear during the neat few years, she began once more to experi- ence the sensation eke had suffered when Jiro told her that he would have nothing more to do with her, Three times a week Belturbet wrote her dutiful lettere, to which she replied in the saute strain. At the end of that period, however, instead of sending the usual politely affectionate. reply, she wrote that she feared she did not care sufficiently for him to marry shim, that she had been mistaken in her feelings, and hoped_ he would forgiveher, and several pages m a similar strain. She would have felt anything but flat- tered had she realized the immensity of Arthur Belturbet's relief on reading her letter. At first he feared he might have misunderstood it, but when he found he was actually free once more, he gotup from the breaktast•table and paced quirk- ly about the room, his heart fall of joy and thankfulness. It seemed incredible that after making such .a fool of himself he was going to 130 let Off 60 lightly. His Rret impulse was to Ry to London, seek Primrose, and ask her to be his wife; but .on reflection he saw that to do this immediately on being rejected by her sister would not place him in a very favorable light. Besides, what reason had he for imag- HIow could he Primrose herd to listen ve him? How he wee honestly in love with her when a few months ago he had proposed to marry her sister? He thought it over for a long inge'h sn dismissal fromtl Dulcle nsobered into doubt, "What a dolt I was from the very Rest!" he told himself. "If I had not overheard her say that day in the woods that she Intended to marry ane I should have lov- ed ooed her from the beginning, instead of pretending to myself that I did not.. But I wonder what made her say. it when she did not mean it? I know now that she fe tile vafter enylast irl in man-ytworldhe f et she did say it, for I heard her. Anyhow, I do not care what she said. One day, perhaps when we are married, I will ask her the reaeon, and I expect we shall both laugh at the very simple explanation she will give!" IIe wrote a nice letter to Dutcte, ac- aulescing the wisdom of her decision, to adding that he had feared they were net in sympathy with each order, and that be honed, although she had decided that they were only to be friends in the future, that they would be warm friends. He mentioned that he was going abroad for the winter, but would be returning to England in the spring. Duleie received the letter at breakfast time. and yawned as she read It. Thank goodness, that's all over" she 01.1111. What is all over?" asked Primrose, who had recognized the writing on the envelope. "My engagement to Arthur Belturbet," was the cool reply. "I have broken it off. I -really did not care a. soap for him, so what else cnuld I do?" Primrose regarded her sister With amazement. She had not hadthefaint- est inkling of Dulcie's desire to end her engagement. "But- but—" she said. hesitating. "I thought you ,wanted above everything else to marry him?" "When I hadn't a penny. But things are different now --besides, a. woman can always change her mind if she likes. You can read what the immaculate Arthur says, You will see then that I have not broken hie heart" .I do not want to read the letter," said Primrose. "Then I shall read it to you, retorted Duleie. She did so, reading Arthur Belturbet's carefully selected phrases with apparent enjoyment of their eorreotnea. You can plainly see, my dear Prim, that 710 tender sentiments are broken," she said 'hen she had finished. "In foot, we have both come out of the affair sound in mind and heart!" Primrose .nodded. "All the same, Duleie," ehe said quiet ly, "ho most have loved you when he ask- ed you to marry him, and because he seems to accept your dismissal philes eophioally, it dose not follow that he does not feel it." Dulcie looked slyly at her sister. If Primrose knew ne mush as I did about what happened when he netted me to marry shim, she thought, 'she would not be so Bur0 about it. Anyhow, I got what I wanted at the time, and no one 18 a penny the wm':0 DOW as far as 1 can see." If he le upset be will soon get over it," she said aloud, "and it will la him good to find out ho can't marry Cole first girl he le engaged to." Primrose saw that whatever Beltusbefe wounds might he, Dulcie had come out of the engagement unscathed, She 41(1 not allow herself to dwell on what might hove happened if it had not occurred to Duleie that the master of 01d House would be a good match for her. He bad fallen a victim 1c Dulcie, and Primrose bad there. fore endeavored to banish all thought of him, except as Dulcie's lover. She had devoted all her .energies to her father during hie illness, and during fhosetor- a'ible days of watching and welting had thrust all thought of 811E away from her. The question of the missing Will had for time forced everything oleo into the background, and. Primrose had little leisure for introspection. Dulcie had not been in the least warded, declaring that It was fortunate for them the Will hal disa:11pearccl, Primrose felt sure that there was a mystery. but- no 0110 st omed able n solve t, so the matter dropped. As the winter -passed away, the roses in Primrose's pale 01100110 began 01100 more to bloom, the shadows faded from beneath her gray eyes, anti. she seemed CHAPTBR VIII. The Undaunted Spirit of the Belgians WOUNDIOD Belgian artilleryman after having his wounds dressed, ready for another battles 11 if he will ask us down to Old Horace next summer?" Jim made ,10 reply. "If he does, 2 shall not go," he thought. Because he loved Dulafe, and she was now a wealthy young woman, 1.6.1011 was nearly pe rude to her as a gentleman could permit lnmeelf to be on the few occasions when they met. "She wants to flirt with me again till somebody else comes along,' he reflected grimly, "and then treat me as ehe line treated Bel. turbet. No, 1 am not to be fooled again!" He set himself impossible tasks to achieve in his workshop, and grew irritable and quick-tempered. His feelings were patent to Philippa, who regarded Dulcle far more favorably now that young lady did not wish to :m - em Belturbet, and she thought It a 11ity that her brother was growing boorish. Duleie's money would be extremely use- ful to Lim, borause it was her belief that he would never make a penny out of his inventions. - Heriott was not only growing boorish, hut the few words he threw to tame often annoyed her exceedingly. One af• birth date of German ambition In ternoon, •when the sisters were having tea with Philippa, tired, Jim came in. H_i_a the Extreme East, As early as brown eyea looked 1S"r0, however, the Chamber of Com - n ARE N TIGG �G pp i� ANY JA REASONS WHY TREY ARE AT W.tR W'l'i'II GERMANY. beets, at least for some years past, afraid either of the bird -of -paradise adjectives in the Ka.;iser1e rhetorical exercl'ses of of the Krupp gums, Feel. Cou hIIl'Veittl 5nllrem:ley, What WO are 'afraid of -lest no make this point clear and emphatic .-is' this: The German commercial supremaey in the Fee East, 'We have seen an11 we see today--' as <1<) t110 British, the Fr'encll, the Russian, and the Chinese ---the army of young Germans lanes at the treaty porta' of ;the Eattt; we see them. with wide and ever -widening eyes encs with our wits half-cocked with dismay how they solve exis- tence un ten, twenty (1011are, Mexi' can ; see them conquer the crooks told kinks in the dialects countless and vernaculars innumerable of the East as though they heel done noth- ing in all their been days but catch eels with their' naked bands; watch them master the business methods of the heathen natives, and their tastes and their' needs. Now this is a vastly different pic- ture from the one we had been ac- customeoi to. We used to see the British, the American, the French, and the Russian Traders at their country clubs in foreign concessions and at teas and tifiins, cultivating the airs of merchant princes in their white <lucks and flannels and trying to revise a certain passage in the first Book of Genesis so that ib Let us Might read: "And God said, make white elan in our image after our likeness and let them have do- minion over the fish of the sea . . and over the cattle and the heathen dogs and over all the other creep- ing things that cre•epeth upon the earth." Germans Have Been Competing Seriously %Vith. Japanese Manufacturers. The Japanese ultimatum to Ger- many" was sprung rather suddenly. Like so many sudden, comet -like things, it has a long, historic tail. None might put his finger upon the cheerful expression woe replaced 101111 one that showed he was weary of the work on which be bad been engaged for many hours. His glance was critical as it rested on Duleie's highly becoming hat and dress. She looked like a dainty piece of porcelain and altogether adorable, but Jim's remark that he thought she and her stater were too young to live alone, and that they ought to get a chaperone or duenna, caused a. deoidedly dangerous in her eyed .. When it wee evident that no Will ex- cept tdle, one Mr, Norton 110050eserl wa8 forthcoming, steps were taken to put it into effect. The sisters found tbey had money it, plenty --several themed pounds a Year. Primrose naked Mr. Norton to taste charge of tbeir affairs, and when Dulcie said she did not want to remain at Blue POete,.they &fettled to sell the furniture anti take a furnished fiat in London for the winter. The furnished flat wee Dulcie's eu5110' 'Lion. She wrots to Philippa HOriot-t, tads• t i 1 dr d • Ing be. of 11>e change In their. fortunes, And w+Meng for assistance in the selection Of a Rat, Philips told the Paws -!a her brothel al bteal<fnet. coerce at Hamburg made a pointed remark to the Kaiser upon the con- venience, of having on the China coast a base, a port. It said that the establishment of a line of Ger- man ships might make a trail on the Oriental seas like a prophecy. Bub the time when Japan earned an "'Prim and I don't intend to have do exactly what ea like, go where we please came a little later, writes Aclachi and to there long as it suits vs " chaperone she said. We mean to intimate introduction to Germany 'A eve v nice a programme," he replied. Kinnosuke in the New Yoi'k World. -But I do not despair of making Mies. Primrose listen to reason." Be turned to Primrose, while Duleie Chatted to Philippa and laughed to hide her vexation. She woe furiously angry to End that. Jimi 'e words bare fruit in due season, for 'e in suite of all Dulcie could do to the contrary,. engaged a middle-aged lady to live with them, for the elder girl realized that she and Dulcie were plea - 111g themselves in a position which Dirs. Grundy might assort woe not suited to their age, and she was determined to do notbine they .might afterwards 1'egret. So Mrs. Templemare, a good-tempered, pleasant -faced widow of about fifty, en- tered their household, and as she was wise and knew on which side her ;bread woe buttered -realizing that the post of chaperone to two young and 'wealthy gide, was not to be found every day --she made herself so amiable to her charges, that before long Dulcie allowed "that rho wasn't a bad o'd thing,' Winter passed away, and vnhou the leaves were once more on the trees, Ar- thur Belturbet returned to 01d House, and a few days later called at Philippa's flat. some in was looking elich by hand- some in n velvet gown which showed the curves of her beautiful figure to the best advantage, and her cheetunt (lair was ar- tistically arranged, yet she might as well have been attired in sackcloth for all the impression her appeal'raneo made on Bels turbet, They talked of his freebie abroad, and Belturbet inquired after Hulett, stem, Philippa explained, had gone into the city to see about one of his inventions. , I want to give a tittle party to cele- brate 1ny return," said Belturbet after a pause. A8 nobody will celebrate it for do it myself. Will you and me. I no with y ,Tim dine with mo h1 the West•1;nd today week. and then go to a theatre? I nm asking a few other people, including the Misses Cower din e.' "We shall be delighted," replied Phil - lima. "Have you asked Primrose and Dulcie yet?" Not yet, but I hope to do 60 in person to -morrow.' "%hey arc having a very good time. Their chaperone, Mrs. Templemore, knows some very nice people to whom elm has introduced them, and they go about a good deal," "Indeed!" murmured Belturbet, wishing be had not stayed away so !mfg. "Well, you and Jim wont fail me next Wednes- day, will yen?" After a little more formal emlvereation be lock his leave, (To be continued,) On April 17, 1895, Li Hung Chang sighed the Shimonoseki Treaty. Chino ceded to Japan among other Chinese territory a i t - strip of land on the continent-- South ont nen South Manchuria. When Mr. Ito Mikiji (not the late • Prince Ito) went to Chefoo to have the treaty ratified he found his Chinese friends ready, willing, and waiting for him on the pietua•e-like water of the Chefoo Bay, the German, the Bunion, and the French ships -all cleared for action. The three great Christian powers dqd not wish to do o very much to Japan's plenipotentiary. All that they wished to do was to offer Ja- pan, with all Christian grace and considerateness, a bit of advice. It will not be good for the peace of the Far East, they say, for bier to take South Manchuria. Japan gave up South Manchuria; she had to. A little later Germany took Kiaochow, an the Oiliness mainland, in the Province of Shan- tung -evidently for the good of the peace of the Far East; and evident- ly for the same reason Russia also took South Manchuria, and France hers in the south of China. China was very unhappy to show her ap- preciation of the Christian services rendered by the three powers just in that particular manner, but then she had to do it. German's Commercial Conquest. Of course, one could find a few Germans in this fool's -paradise at- mosphere now and then, but a very few. The picture of the German merchants at their studious toil a1- eessity be prepared to reap the most day and night in the examine- whirlwind right where to -day she is French, the Ruesians cover this field as we,11 as the Americans; they are backed with adequate capil'al. We haven't the money, Lee us pause here to emphasize this point : Phis is the reason why the British and the French are much more dan- gerous competitors of the American enterprises in China than the Ja- pattese, This is the reason wily the t 2010: m®.0M 'd 90 CL"t:'t{7.•OvQ'�•ci^t On the .rrn e bib 4•,.er'avas,o:.o.e>'a,a+ 1)eptit of 'file IDeains. In putting in a system of tile pet tinhorn tune of the Calif:nem drainage we must consider the type politicians over the Japanese com- of the soil to he drained its well aa petition in the Asian market has the fall of the laird before we decide more fuss than fact back of 'it. upon the size of the Lila and the All is different with the German depth it is to be plaeod. activity. The Germans go ' into On a coarse Boil, Wiheee the �>i,jeot small manufactures and things; of the drainage system is to remove they fight us right• where we make the soil water from around the our bread and right where we hope roots of the plants, the tile slitlnlcl to snake a little butter, be laid throe or Four feet deep, hut Mr, 14liyao, Chief of the First De- on a clay soil, we believe that the partment of the Japanese Colonize- tile should bo laid as shallow as is tion Bureau, made his trip of in- consistent with the climatic condi- vesLigation through -tile iridal ceu- lions and the fall of the land, tree of China i11 the days following On .clay soils the chief object of the birth of the New China. "The tile drainage is to remove the sue - revolution in China," said he on face Rater es rapidly as possible his return, "having been brought to after' heavy rains before it ruins the a termination, Japanese merchants growing crops. may be thinking thattour trade with To do this it must have an easy China will gradually increase in its access to the tile and for this volume. Bub when conditions in reason they should not be put down China are personally inspected more than two or 9i/.e feet deep. and the activity of the German On a clay sail it requires longer' merchants is observed one cannot for the tile drainage system to be - help but think that they will take come efficient after it is installed, away trade from the hands of our because it takes longer for the we: - business men unless eve make up- tercourses to form through Lhe our mind to better ourselves,' cracks, decayed root passages and But it may not be unwise far Ja- animal 'burrows, hence we will se- cure • Alta from pan to recall at this Baur an ancient cure bettor immediate results law -the law which has never been a shallow system of drainage than amended since the days of Cain- when the tile are placed deep. that he who killetll with the sword It has required a number of years must be killed with the sword, and for some of the systems of drainage that even as Germany, who killed to become efficient in clay soils and the Japanese ambition in Southern, few farmers can afford to wait a Manchuria in 1895 with an advice, number of year's for results, is about to be killed at Kiaochau On one of our farms the tile with an advice, even so Japan, who drains where installed twenty years is about to triumph over the Ger- ago and are doing far better work man supremacy in tradal East in to -day than they did the first ten this year of strife 1914, must of lie- years they were put in. These drains were put in from three to four feet deep and for the first few years they dict very pour service. tion of local conditions and trade methods of the East, in that pa- tient and everlasting analytical way of theirs quite different from the bomb -burst, not to say bombastic, hustle of the American, is extreme- ly impressive, especially so in con- trast to the other foreign tra,ders. We knew how to answer a power who came ransacking us; we were much embarrassed what to do with the army which carne sacking us Commercially. And there was nothing modest about the commercial conquest of Germany in the Far East since the early seventies. For the three years following 1873 the annual average of the number and tonnage of German ships which entered into oras the Oriental red From p d else an beyond India were only 48 and 25,- 000 tons. The total of the German shipping in all Asian ports for the year 1901 was 166 Alps of 581,000 tons aggre- gate. In thirty years Germany increas- ed her Far Eastern trade frown prac- tically nothing to one billion marks in value. Take the case of Kiao- chau alone. Up to 1897 there was no such thing as German trade there. In 1903, the year when Ger- many completed her railway to the' distance of 300 kilometers there, she enjoyed the trade of seven million dollars, silver. And it did not stop. Even in the lean year of 1910, with all its financial and business disturbances over rubber specula- tions iu Shanghai and Hongkong, Kiaoohau enjoyed the trade of near- ly sixty-five million dollars, gold, the importation of the non -Chinese wares alone amounting to $25,800,- 000. Japan's Land of Promise. A PRETTY GREASY MENU. Men of Shackleton Expedition Will Subsist Very Largely on Lard. While marching across the ice fields the men engaged in the Shackleton expedition to the South Pole, will have three heals a day_ br'eakfest, luncheon and dinner at night. The menu for breakfast and dinner will be the same, each man being given three ounces of lard, two ounces of sugar, one of dried milk, wheat protein and oats. The luncheon will consist of nut food mixed with oil and dried milk and hat on earth do they want to come every 11119 10 grow more like the gay, °tits, • "W to London for?" he asked, with an !nd!f. itght.hoorted Primro80 of a year ago, You may feel rather sick when repent air,. Mode, on the other hand, became rest,.. hear of it.,,, se, .Ernest said umeet*sing old house. 114 Poeta y ado. Ices 12eriettaknew her moods, sheduae snow- daring a 1•ece1lt interView, "1t°e. 1'e - mit see .old 10960,. and burg thO I d 1sit10 00111 r,tind. Indeed, net see w1" they should bury themselves 'free, ho maintained sisters attitude he had tiler a g ` °y p there naw-emely w as ', 1 apples to tascmn rap when the friers first came to 1O haft extremely wall off. I shall osierLindon. Ho did n,r meoG them more when we tried it in Norway we to finch afat for thou." Heriott grunted. mamma!mamma! BB yeltmriret will bo coming to town, too? be mad. "Dildo tleee not mention him," was the repay, ifallett s] s'ur'ged hie . el 0uld150, and changed the ertbj 0t, A fait week0 bur Duleie anis Prinlroto were installed in a Ilat not very tar from rite iloriotts, and for the firti in her life 11u1010 enp0rlone.ed t>,0 biles of spend. inft manly freely. rho went, from Shop la,sl,01,, beeing whatever, took bei fancy,, often than palitencs0 compelled, ants when be did so, he talked far more to Primrose titan Dnlcie, in spite of the litter's at tempts to engage him In argument or dieauesicn. Phtlirba'e reception of the new6 that Bellurbct wan once more a:free agent hard boon aharaetcrstie.. "I never could understand what made him etopos0 to Duleie Carwardine," she remarked to her brol'•her. "0f coarse, tite reneen she aeeeeted him was obelong. end never cared 21 5rap about eine T>awtonder ed in Sausage Skins. thought it a very unplelteent sort of ration, but 1 can assure you that, scientifically eonsidt:red, it is the finest that has ever been devised. I hope that thio time hunger will play a very small part in one teem - Wee." All the provisions have been pack - An Enlightened Example. - And now Japan finds Germany on the plains of Belgium, not quite as friendly with her former allies as on that historic day at Chefoo. And Japan is remanded all of a sudden of the Germans in Kiaoohow, of the peace of the Far East, the dearest of all the old tunes in the diploma- tic repertoire, of the dictum that a good tern merits a good turn and of the virtuous and compelling yearning of -of giving an advice, Which she has done. She has given an advice in the name of the peace of the Far East. in this she is following, like any other well-be- haved kindergarten pupil, the en lightened example of Germany her- self. Whatl--some may say -Japan frightened out of her wits by Ger- many when the Fatherland is liber- ally facing national .death with ,practically all the rest of. Europe at her throat 1 Does Japan think it a heroic war to hurl her "17 battle shape, 13 armored cruisers, 15 pro- tected ernisel's, and 70 torpedo boats and destroyers" against the: three old-maidlsh German cruisers now in the waters of the Easel . Not at all. The German ghost that Wens Ja- pan into a little boy seeing things in the dark is not the German sword.. Wo were afraid, once ltpbtl a time; of the in111tane Russia based in Siberia.; never of Genevan war- ships,-whe1hel' three or ten times Oise, We are not and never have sowing the seed in the pregnant German memory. DEFENCE OF 'TQE REALM ACT. Englishmen Are Restricted Some- what During War Time. The proud boast "an English- man's home is his castle" does not operate during the present war. Here are some of the things the naval and military authorities may do under the Defence of the Realm Act, passed by Parliament: Take possession of any land, buildings, gas, electricity, water works, or sources of supply, 'horses, automobiles, or any other means of transport. Cause any buildings, s, statues,toes , or any property to be moved or de- stroyed, and order the inhabitants to leave any given area if necessary for naval and military purposes. Close saloons entirely or during specified hours, Enter by force, if need be, any house or ship which is susneeted of 'being used to the prejudice of the State. Arrest, or order the arrest, with- out warning, of -any suspected per- son. Here are some of the things a tree -horn Briton may not do: - Loiter near a railwa'• 'bridge. Give or sell liquor to a soldier or sailor on duty. Spread reports be word of mouth or writing, near a defended area, likely to create alarm among the troops or civilian population. Light fires or display lights of any description on' hill tops or other high ground or buildings a without permission. Tamper with or loiter near tele- graph or telephone lines. Civilians ignoring a military de- mand to "halt" may be shot down without a second challenge, 'Court martial 51101.11 deal with of- fences against the military laws, and the tribunal shall have power to indict sentences of imprisonment for life, in case of. infeingemenbs. And the followingfact did not improve the matter at all -especial- ly for the Japanese: To Japan the continental Chinese markets have been and are the one land of promise; commercially speaking. And of bhe needs of China, Japan is not in a position as yet to supply to any great extent the' things which call for a heavy capital investmend;, an011 as failway construction, alining operations, etc.. The British, the Belgians, the 3+ The ooze of experience depends entire], upon how much you Call sell it for, Which 'zy ii. �;5y? y'� t li4 . Sy Do you say decisively e, t<A S.Ib. Package of R> DPATI l Sugar", orrA 20 -ib. Bag of REDPATf-1", and -get et definite quantity -of well•known quality,"Canadats bei' -clean and uncontaminated -in the Original Package 7 Or do you say, thoughtlessly: "A quarter's worth of Sugar", or "A dollar's worth of Sugar",and get -an unknown quantity -of unknown quality -scooped out of an open barrel -inti a paper bag? CANA 82 Extra Granulated SUG A 1311.1GASe tt]Elt flll1141114s G�i1., Y.tMflT531B, ilaeffI'lrat; 11Gs LRD` Concrete or Cement Silos. Of late years a big demat.il has sprung up for more substantial structures in building operations. This is evidenced by the large number of factory and other build- ings springing up in all parts oft e country made of concrete and ce- ment blocks. The concrete and cement block construction is getting very popu- lar insofar, as silos are concerned; especially is this true where per- manency is desired, such as estab- lished stock farms, etc. • In the past the high first 'cost of this construction has been the chief factor against its more extensive our e . been du to t , has b use,but this 1 t insufficient knowledge as to the best and most economical methods in handling material. The price of lumber has been steadily raising. while that of the good Portland cement has been decreasing, and good qualities can now be obtained at fair prices, It seems, therefore, to be generally conceded that the concrete er ce- ment block silo will be the silo of the future, White Scones. One kind of scours is an inlet - does disease which gains access to the body of the calf soon after birth through the freshly broken naval cord. It usually occurs within a week and often within 48 hours af- ter the calf is burn and runs in course quickly. The symptoms are sudden, severe sickness, ,sunken eyes and usually a'white, foul- smelliug dung. If one calf has be- come infected others are liable to contract the disease and die in the same manner. It is important to thoroughly disinfect box stalls where calves are dropped and have them well bedded with clean straw. 'It is always a good plan to disinfect the naval cord when the calf is born and, it there is reason to suspect they might contract the disease, extra precautions should be taken such as singeing the cord with a hot iron which stops up the opening or to tie the end of the cord with a string anti wrap a strip, of cloth around the calf's body. A mild solution of creolin, zenoleunl or carbolic acid should bo applied to the mord as a, dlisinfeetant, "Before we were married ,you used to write me three tinter 8, day." "laid I really 1" "Yes, you - ct1<l ; .and now you get angry just because I oak you to write lee u lit= tlel bit of a cheek." - "Is your client going to plead . insanity 2" "l: haven't decided," replied the lawyer, "Fie wants to look the ground aver and see tvltich 1,s the easiest way to escape fl'om,. the prison or 1,he asylum." "I Believe," said the beautiful heiress, "that the happiest mar- riages are made bit Opposites," *'Just thinly how poor I am 1" urg- ed the eoeng.man, Pat was trying to give a eleflni- tionof the: tllini 5115 of an ,loqunint- ince_ "Shure," be remarked to a': friend, y1re i11in, and I'm thin, but he's thinner than the both r,,f lis pint 211131111x,i'