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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1914-12-31, Page 7.4 (ls �w t 4 V it akcs li 5Gi c1'; Or, A Strange Stipulation. (ILAtt'I'$l4 x11,-teystiow'4t, too I con Day offer You bridge 1141(1 bill 11a01, 'Tolstoi and pealittf.a a 1013.01) -of a dollop." AN hr+ .^Ica, Lady Ellen w'n., 1pth;ng at I:nia. Lilo,' every 0110 06,0, 41430 1e1_ st!•a•1 by the undoubted jyy.oic it delir•tey of the gill but ;11.7(1,1!.y by her 1,0011 Y. kh 41'..11. od Ma110/1 Laurie as being •Nlurdsonte, hat rather (- 131 nn...0',1cing but Ilofd w!s ;tulle a different •,h'•tir, 1Y,h-th .+ the gel who o'nga?' ••hc ask ed 0.,'011x1 Downey as, the car hav4lg 11.41111:1 1' ,u e111 1, they 11 110`11 to go a ,v1, to the hon -c "1 re,:'{y don't I1o',v," ('0101111 Dawvoey s:ud. "lacy are ;bract( with whom young llmmoord lc;.4 hemi travelling, and he got h -z aunt to invite them down here for the w'l4'li-end,' "'!hal lair one is awfully nret•fy, isn't sho Ad 'ti?" 1 iii.. , ° tut ,,," the man :1n.,,vered, "ft .& 140 y 11 m'au, you :;uilmse she is queried Lady 111E en, with rather a strained 11'.1 0 ill her vok0, "Well, l0 tell you the truth I Imre 11:11:434 realist what she looks like. I cm so Artrik by the fart that she ill young. a mere girl, who eel•m19 4,O be bre.' h her heart for some reason or 'Ludy Ellen Meshed. 'Sentimental Adrian!" : he said. "Dont you 111110 that wouten's hearts are holt 1110010 CO h1 r.cle 11.ow-14,11'0,' ' 1 limey wv0111el1 are very much the name 31s they used. to be 3o every age, The cotdIUO"1 04 file have changed enornlottu- '•• 111^04'.s true 01:bu•t11: bat human nature itl the "atu0 011.1 14,1171:111 nature 0.1 01411 - twit e.' - Lady Ellen s'Ipped her hand through hie 111111, "You don't know 111,.0 multi I wanted you to ecvl • 11('11 with m0, Adrian," she -aid, "If you hadn't accepted to dine tet the R:'.4, pry you would have Pante, wouldn't you?" 1Ie ,111 '1 don't 1kill 1no, Null. I am 00 14.1:•1 of thug„ [':'10111'17..; anti 1 never very touch earth t=1,' 1;11 in ntcpaey lot," ' D,u+ that mean that you (1011'1 141,0 prove of my staying there?" He smiled 1t her gravely, "My dear," he said, 'I .'al't pretend to .dionste to you what you should do or 11.11,11 3.411 shlatldtl't do." Lull 19S4o,1 kinked 11p the rough path with her dainty fort. "Well, c ll 1 0:1:P1 3 oft would," rade sa-d I u+4, 1llc :1 child. "I'd 1. e ever so much ltap- 11tr it I had s uler:ay to give ale orders and make 131)1 (11 things. 1- know I must get into n11'.het I don't have smme- -ou0 to leek atter me." "I thought the du,hets Ives doing that very- thoroughly," Lady Ellett shrugged her shoulders, "Ohl I nm only at litre bit of Ioppy's life. 13110 11x1 so many other interests. Of course. I know the eared for mc, but ,.l10 can't be ;essays worrying about me, ono .0113 ?" 'Then Laity Ellen paused and look. (11 about her. 'Ohl Adrian, it's ew00t here. It's a dream of a place. What love- ly air I believe I should always be hap - tie if 1 lived hero:' At this Adrian Dawvnev laughed almost tepidly "Dear child," be said. "You'd love it for •t day well perhal14 a week, and then atter that you'd want 130)44 Street and a e i111ner 'l4 the Ritz, and a theatre. You'd hal it 140 dull," "Adrian," Ellen Cropper • and, and there w a+V 11 canons 11010 of depth in her voice. "Y0ti •1 ,rays make ate feel as if I were 11 w 0rtltt-e 1'141','0 of good " "Thais the wry last 1m.prt0,ion 1 vault to made," the man amid very quickly. "But ee410 in andlet ale give you some tea: }lou are no; in a hurry to go Muck, are you, 710P" "I don't want to go baelt at all," she an livered him, "now that you won't go hack I wish Mrs, Gresham .her !tante s Gresham. isn't 11 would have asked me to dine there tonight." "Crane :long," Paid Colonel :Downey. Ito 'etrot^howl trot his one hand and led her to the house. 'When she was ' 1 the d:':uw- ng-roo'm 0.114 saw that her 'picture was in the place of honor, ,,ho ran 11p to it and clopped her hands delightedly, "Olt. that is 130)1-1' et yon," 0110 said. fearfully flattered at being ]tore, and all by my.u,'f, too, no other photo- graphs, 1'hat dhows you do think about 11111 0 little bit." Downey 130-11 walked to the window and was putting um the 'blimiu :1. little uerv' 'usly. "Why shouldn't I think about you?" "I don't know," she ((flowered, and then she sighed, "Loop here, can I make up some manse and say that I leave got to go 0"1'07 tonight, then --thin I earl tome and stay here, couldn't I? You'd have room for me mode, wouldn't you?" ^I m sorry, my dear, but at isn't pos- slble," he spoke aatt0'01 curtly, "I'ye 110 -accen1modatipf here, at least not with. out 't good deal of preparation, and you caul. I:?ny fast and loose with your friends in this fashion, you know. What would Lady Molmertbey. thialc?" 1 Ui:1;a1a11 1 111'3," r. lid Lady 10 1 :1011; and she looked :at )tial very d',..11 ally 'fir 4,v I do with 1hadn't o(rlenttd rt:'• nl0114on. I. I ltlu'w peshotly .,15.1 0.1 why she asked me. It 141) bre tem she thought she 0':!0'.11 ,1't bo'd of MI, 131'y 0311, tan. She . ! crazy about 11' n, and in her stupid way inn4ginc: 1 carry 1)1311 about 4n my 4,1'11,01 D-twnov'o line brown contracted 14) ,t frown. "Now, then, make 10011 1,(41 101 11010e," he :1114, "and C1! get you seine ten. (141 and sit in 1.110 garden. I'll conn. In you hem,' 11.4 this where you eh, ,r?" :111(edl 114:111' l.11eh it1 141,,0 110 1,,:,.0011A. 0116. Rete 4110.1101 ca to the (x111.11 111) 13111111.1 the ('11',1 ,011.41 1111 4,n, rul(tl Ile shield( his head. Not 1 brought lhu e d'..wu because 144"s, Sint lair was 0 ill, 1 Made her Le 141 •.v1, fnr a little w•111111,'' TIC., Vine it was Lair 1111un who 41000- ,-4),111i.,+;td nothing, but bit her Up, and 'wtut r111 1. i t 0111 garden. (' 1'ou(1 Downey v 1l to tl'tmld b- bow:, keeper outegaItt. and bro:e h1, joined 1,01' by c 1(131 wat:'ttit he s ilu tllrea 'het+ell int-, our 101 the (!h.l.t;. There 1011 an 004118:.01 011 W.) L10,. 11,111 had 4t been son by Ellen ('1 ,1:•1' might have. thrown :1 u4dcn enlighten. 1111011 014 1110(11 110)'), Ic 0104041 lair and 1t 1 !1'l her. 1'0rtn 11' :1 Alit) 1317001 h td seen hint w''11 that look on 1 14 Ince :lu n 1)1...1 have understood what the man had llooufv as yet dared to cm, ftrl, to himself! CHAPTER XIII, Wellen Colonel Downey reedited. the doe - on, that eight he met ,with one dson. 1 utment. "tits, 011 hvm 10bd him that .1,:i.' t was „n wry anw111 that she had per 1101!.1 her to stay in bed. '"She fainted just a little while ago, 1 am really (date au44011 .about het eche added, "to. 911e ieea.1, to me ir1 h tar 400 delicate for 1h - kind f' travelEng, life. Pr,1m what3 gather, ells ..104- ,4,0 be very uta:d4, 114,10 in the "Pity. site c(in't :0-117 11.1011 here, Th::s ail woad -.t her too .[gain," Then c ol, 11(1 Downey 'brought a emile of 'I' 1.stnt to Mrs. C1^1.01a111'e face by tell. 111; her that Lady 1:11011 had been eager I to join her 41,4:17 that ovo,isg. "Ob, 1 writ :110 could 11:100 0111170,' the Rector's wit, said. "Slit, is (h:tt'tning, and looks so young." Well, she is young," replied Adrian Dawney, "and she has had a pretty rough time, poor Neill" I1 41110, after •111, rather it quiet dinner party. Diamond Ilaulnlond wa_ tte'ideell,v out of temper, 11n.non Laurie flung ho'-. self into the breach, :1114 did and ht shut the young man reftsea to sine, anti as she candidly t'onfr,'ced she was not much good at playing her own neeem- Vlauimente, the mus411 pa.t of the even' ing was nota ar:(a. Twice M°s: Lauri, stole. 44ot:ties to see how Enid was, Truth to tell, she had had a great shock W11011 Enidbad fainted. "They are all so kind," she sold, ae elle pmt bed herself far a moment on the bed for a little that "Mrs. Gresham 4s com- ing up to see you Just before you settle clown Colonel Downey his sent you the •prel_oril>tlon of the stuff he gave you this afternoon. 11 hat a 11400 man, Enid. 1 think be is to 1 •cinatingl" Then Miss Laurie laughed that silly boy! I be- lieve he is iealou; of Colonel Downey,. En)11 lay on 11er pillows and listened. She did not feel strong, encash lo talk; but later; when MLallon Laurin had - left her, she got up and 1,0111 004 sat by the '3411111410. Only one day more in tliie quiet and lovely haven, and thin the. hard world. with all its hardships, and all eta hitt,.-; nee,! As •.11e sat by the window Colonel Dow- ney and the Rector came out of the draw-: Ong -ronin and walked novas, the la'w'n. Tluy wore smoking and chatting. Enid looked 4:,,441) at the tail soldier figure, and. once when he laughed her face conlraOt. ed. ft WAS horrible how like he was to Julian! She wondered half vaguely, half tmoaloin tely, whether this math who born tetu'111ate the 141001tht of Ler awn de;11 I3h41 suddenly 111.111 into 11 1'i 1001 1, cried 141 a a'„ t 44( V10111,0 g^t. u and leaned her 1! h 114 111 1-11 1g 11t in, lh don wind, v 111.1 h( stool there1 01101 1):0)111(7 v.:1110 1 1 tr Ihe 4,11 1,t 1111, garden -. 1110, lie 11u.1 + ,/117,•.1 Ito lir tor lw !1 b l 1 been 1L3.1 to ill village) as far 1s the I ,11.11 gtt1 4,l u v it volt iv face and131 f 4411 land. lug 1a the .1..11 ma n i,4,, 114 ottel 11 1'0l1,f 10.1111,1, err:,314 the lawn, ,1114eame and 1t1a etc It •81. 1111,101' Ihe.w d's, Ire y111 be .ler?" L0 a(kl d, lit a tut.. i)ut at Near v + Oe Enid (LE w b :141 for 111.ini'tn111, and then - Lc 41111 11.'1 on the bat -any, No," .1t,, 111 vete:3 nerve e "1'103 not very wee viv brad , 1 )1111.44)3 l 3'431 I 11' .). ft 1.4 s) 11'' d.l l it? 11.a . ttic g1) ! , at it D . 4ut ". I brought cry 1110 of that 1.-wdtr 80 141 Rte in <fr. ,;!i :h 111111 re In re at. I`it send it 11)1 ,) 1'11 '10 111'-, fin. :11 m. 1 i,t,o 01'1'0111'' glv011 her 111a pre 111 pt.ou.' '10:11'11 ,von," 41411 Enid. '(On -aro 1043111: ' - "1 'w' n l could 130 really I1,114," .114''. 111 1laav114)' -.a• c1, 110 ,.tail :,11'1ke 10 a - 1001 0010111 Ile slid lir;[ V.1 ft ;theta to IPA Ira hila. "Now, loop hot', :d.-., 14t1011'1.,'' 1111 said, "We have only ,I14:t met, ant.. •141 enat,se you can't 11110w en'y nut 1l ah•out me; 1111t ..•Ate '11 1111 1 fairly 14`111)1 ,'.11'1 11 311: p. and I Amulet like to feel that Ynit 4001111/ tore to me and Ic•t nu be a Mend if at any t'nn' 71.11 had nerd 111 1110.' "1 11t1%0 no a',rn 1 -.11,11 I:1,.d, “T111.11I 1110 1101, chane&' 401' me" D11,1r,ey a .1'.ta h.. slily. N v, 1 cat quite 1-1.• :MY ld1.,1 you 0e w 'arrv,ng t 11111t'--1,1Iti:111111, and w 111 aM. very Vaud to 4'01• 11 111air .111 -:1,e, 14 tt Ii 4.3:011. thing van' 1"1 u'4, Wit nio, d.• to: 1110 urge 7o+t to inalte ronll.wte of 111:, l.'4, shat ' lust 4• w 1 . n. She ,' lh1 u. [ ante we 11+t , elan 1,1 the w• ,r' d, and she has already lost her hurt to you." 'There are ....ant. things.:' 111' 1 (1174 in liter 1. 114 m.4 111n' ., 'that 01100 111 1 1ell," •8 m1)tru,'ted far 4113 instant, and 1,h10a he 1u114h.d. ".114! 118w you'!41 7041 .rel" hl :a.d. "All ,your -141111. tro.:hl0 (,1411 heavy sorrows. R1' t 1'l ally, 1 11011.4 iike to think of Yon frett.i'g 'xnd worrying when same of 114 000,1 ,help you, Do Brink it over. Pro - ate 4,0 tante the medicine and go 10 4,. , ,p. Make up vote' mind, 4104 yon 0:414 sleep! 'lo.m1rlow Int °inning 0001' ,n have a long talk with yxt. Gout night " I e�, 11 1' r 13 11 1. t "Rhe said "Good night 111 1.1.44111' bat 44 it rcaht"I h:e e1', Ind the tear, :'0100 again 118) site tuned. bath k into tit them, the ki0dneos,did, 0due: .illy out/ 111u10s , u lis, touched her very, 44017 1400917, When Mrs. Get .darn came up 1beout h+A an hour later she found Enid in bed again, and pretended rot to see the tem 7)111116 on the pretty 80100, "By Coio10! Downey's m dors," the said r ,•fin held out the laths g!(3o-:; "and want ,,0.11 l'1 tin 01e a. favor, dear child; Ont stay Vele and take all the rest you 111 to morrow.' I 1 ram se, Enid said. 4: Etc 1nva1'o,vod the ele.e in the little Mos), and then she he:11 up her 111,1;, and Mrs. 0rcl,ham beat and k' -s411 her Jret as 1'f they had been. mother (Intl daughter. •. . Lady W.1.011 Crooner's ilrnt act whenwho tetulned to London was to ..Ill at 4411'. Bryant's, Ile had told her a. day or 80 hx."ore that he had no Intention of going :mar 'Cor au'y length of [period td's sum- mer; and deo lad .let her understand that he was busy; but he did not explain what h:e ,w0rlt was. It was with a latle thrill of disaPtlo1nt- nout that (41e .heard Ihad Julian was away from 410.10e. Ice butler added 11100 11e really had no idea when his plaster woad return. l41r. B,'yllllt'e movement; are so very unce'rlain, my lady," dee said. "We. aro 11ot even .f0lnvarding on letters; -but soma ttmeo Mr, Bryant sends up and collects them, or calls himself." "011! I see,' said Lady 141110n. "Thank you. She sighed once or twice as .ode walked anvay. She w•a1 ctrcadfu'ly depressed, Her .week -end v:s(t had been at great ,failure, •:rd there was a .iittic :,areut+s 111 Lady Ellen's heart that ah,2utely refused to heal. She hardly know what had taken her to find Julian Bryant except that 0110 wad 10110171 hike a dh011, 4:1,0 will without any- one 10 amuse Ilei',and she hall turned to Mr. Bryant, deolim, that he at least would have been able to dispel her 411mine.a. "I shall go off to Homburg," she said to herself. A. few. days bo:otre oho had received a messing invitation to go abroad with some rather (lathy American 'people. :.rq nvhcso-aunintanee she bad hut recently 1)1040. _. . Rhea could olways'go td )11e duchess; but somehow oho. wanted distraction, excite- ment; she did not wasn't to ei't down and think in too concentrated a1. -fashion; moreover, there were one ortwo ti1eeo300 matters which Lady Ellen was anxious to run away from. - At; a matter of foot it -mac. at new thing for her to have been backwards and for- wards In London during August; but she had 'Meeh considerably 'worried about money and as for a 117110, through Mr. Tenderten'e good (lfines. t111e-sort. of 0.14- 00.7114310 had been taken from her so conn" pletely,,Lady Ellen fretted now at having once .again to deal with. the cost of deer extravagances. This 34110 really the reason why oho had been Unable to go away for.any,length of time; 'hut not the only reason.. '1410 (oct was -that, though She did not 0onleas so much to, herself, she was never, really 'happy when she was away out c4 mach of Adrian Da'wuey. She made pretence with herself and tolled' him her 'h'ionel, andsaid over and over again' in her thoughts -that she .had need of him, that he was theoneperson in the would +whose advise she telt was neoessa'ey. who really did know what was good 'for her. • This day, however, as sltowalked lawny slowly from her visit to Jlultan Bryant's louse, there (.010,0 over Lady Ellen a. ree[k- 1:10 sort of feeling to cut herself adrift from all. that u» to now. had signified so math to her, . ' "He asked me to go clown to the farm," she said to herself, and there we...e 1001.0 it ho' eyes) "yet when I was there ho eemed to want to get rid of 11)0. How tumid I haul Why should I bother about \duan when be doesn't 'bother about ate; Its Cal more interested 111 those two g3) +, C.4110cfa'ly in that delicate '10ir Inc I mimosa elle dao never clone any. hint; stupid 0c 400110101" Loudon was practically empty, at =east mnty' of those people wh0 'mat10 Lody 1100'..4 world. She looked 110116:aly in the shop win - owe 1n Bond S) -:'o1'1, and at last turned vearily to her oras house, There site found a very unpleasant Tet- er, a letter in which silo was warned halt if she did not pay a certain debt by contain time proceedings would be tali. 11 against her sho immediately went to. rho telephone 1,d rung all Dl', Tondertou. Ills clerk flowered. that her. Toodertetl 41,1109 out BA. nook. 'Please tlsit him to ring me u'11 dircotly 0 comes. in, said Lady Ellen. "It is lm- ortnnt I" She out waiting for this summons ahter or 101044h till too time arrived. Porton. tidy a batch, 0f now books had conte 00117 the 'litters,, and she had last 1100-. ' off for .a time In h'eadin'g one of them; at suddenly she looked naw tho oloak, and he 0,weltened 'with a very unpleasant cabins to' the. fact that 1111', Teilerlen ad not abey011 her insta+uotio s, When her servant rang upthe oifioo gain, he brought backthe information hat Mr. 'Tenderten had left for the 00 011.011g a resemblance to her husband, would hove been cilium° of 4118 mine cruelty a0 Julian? 1!141', after' 1111, now -':e dill not disguise from herself tate fact that Julian Bryant was treating her cruelly, end, that 'money, and all that 0110)10y meant, had taken such a grip of him that it was agv 110006ly nothing ono May or the other to him what happened to her. This physical 1001 -knees that was com- ing anon her so gradually and yet se surely, made Enid's position 16 hundred. 'fo'd wonsti. •I can't be ill," she said to herself pas. sionotely, •I m1131n't bo 11.11" At another time her mood changed, and oho covered her face with her hands. There is only one way out of It," :he said to herself dully, "If I wore dead then everything (would remain smooth for Mtn." Neverthe. lees, so strong was youth and rho card of ]ife within her, that Enid could not con- i kind of water used. To correct troubles mimed ,by oil and grease getting into rho boiler water, That Perolin le NOT a boiler compound for water treatment, but operates independent of water conditions, The PerolinP,reservative Liquid film is a good heat conductor, adding to the eifieione7 of the boilere.- Tho establishment of the Peroli41 Proteotivo Film in NEW boil'er's will Prevent a11 scale formation wad corrosion, this keeping the boilers up to full rated oa11101117, PEROLI.N COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED, 76 Adelaide Street West, Toronto. WE GUARANTEE Perotln, the Boiler Motel Treatmentt— To loosen.0cale already formed In the b0110re by its ntooha•nioal action. To prevent now scale from forming To protect the boiler metal against pitting, 0orr00ion, and galvanic action, regardless of PACKAGE Why take chances asking ken Y for "A g Dollar's Worth of Sugar ?"• 811AR 14,10 144) Buy RPDPATT-1 in Original Packages O 41101 Pa ka g g and you'll be sure of full weight — highest quality -- absolute pUrity3. „ea 81 001.1111 5OIbs CANADA SUGAR REFINING CO., LIMITED, .. MONTREAL. cotlptry' Lady Ellen font inolincd to o'1'. "Adrian al'wa'ys told m0 that he ine a yet," 5wuts the next thougl t,ll+what nand to do without him" 110E this very- 10On10111 the door was opened and. Julian Bryant was an. uou1,R0(1. Lady 161'10» greetod him Most affection. 010 1,0. C31i you aro a 111310 orealm'O," s11e said. "I'm ea lonolyY and ,0+l so'ry. for 170011 that ran plieitivoly eh0d(1fug tones," I heal :brat yon. called on in0 this morning, I'm neatly e0r);7 L wag not there, Laxly ,1411013 I bind an idea that ,you woie going nb'oitd.' "What are you doing with l+ourarl'f? 0140111 10 miles front Portland and oat 41040»e'nndtato gave ,him a 1031340 tea 40 from.C'herbourg, it could be used I "Yon 10 L latter, ,1:t that you were (vel' l; bu,y n ain't fool( ,;e' we 1 wJ f. r t117 11040 0 04'1 01 Int of 11 41 111,1.1 10, 10111).111' 1101:14 all (01 04 11,01'0 -141 10 wol'i',y , 11114 1 ant 1-,e pu 11 h', r 11e a, r ,! .1:'411 1-,1114 at bee 83111)1+ )r.'! et'r- ota f1 r tea. ' 111 11011 re.; ,;10 14 Lor a mo' nu at, 11,1 111"1 h1 1.11- '4,V, I 1111 1011 1 ..41 10 10: u) 'dlc, and 11 rate 11' ;401 '011 Ilyy 110.110Eti. 34,141 lco,w, n,f0rl 1 3110 Ill 1.1 111 ,, 100111:y, Lad v 1•L- 11th'1 was (1r:v,ng 1, rit awl 1 had 1.3 out in i.onto rota at t 1 h 111 1 r1t hl )'" 1 e1'. tit 131' 110 that 151 1. 1'04' goat 11:111 t•, 1t." 111,4.0 11'11 4114-1111 3,0 b1,. 'You,[ 31r:0 A' 11 11184." h, 1 3. lie. smiled 1.1,11114 "Nc, 4,w tri 13,1 1'111 ,l4, .. flog wine 1 WINll 1 441:,14: :1.-11114th,„"iu 110,11. F14111 .1y. "I., 't a 114" :' 1111.1!1:'!'? , .111 1 have 111111• 1,11 1 1111 111 11, 11 Y. 111':, ,111'. "1'1 Ib+ 101.:.11 4l) 1111.! 1 it 111111'111 41110 .1 ')1 105' 41 r. 1111)41134 l :1 ,t !111' 1 1 /11/10111 1 11 .1 r 414•,• lU• dvirk h,+ tea anti then 11: I. 4,!1''! at Iva' vet, .110,.01 11y, "W11.11 ,.r1' lou worrying 1,1:1,11?" L" r,1:td, `•bet 1. 1'..1 h1t'y', and then .hr lan.eln 1, "31r. Pit y(10.1, eta 111 I 1i :.111 ;nn lin ..v. would 11'11 you that 10^k 1! 1,l,• +:nn 1111,',0: Lot 1 d )lt 111.11'. 1'10 )11r1.'10 in that. ;lost 01 14' 1,.1111' 111x 0041 44'44'1'.1"1, (1011'1 We? "Y,"." nail .14th an !tryout. li wa' 113,)4 turn to color, pall !4,e diel :(1 vivi lly I'!, •,e (' mire 1,:e, if I 1.•ntare to it very d(l,ate ,,ubjtnt 1 111 1 '10,1'1 h 4110 you. )ug111 -t0 b1 w-0rrird, Lady litho." She ,Treed with.. him 111 1tcr 4)11'cllg fah uu. ^i'1 do I: it hi 41004 1or4,0 01 ci'cnut- -t 11.0111, 4110 red." "If," said. Julian Bryant wit11 +ome h:•1'.', Urian, "It -I might be allowed to 1,1111^0 1110 werrIer1 1 have the !11711,4' 110 rr,r.ir:f m1 -o11 1111 your friend, Lady Mlle,., and 1 believe you 101111 upon me - in the light, don'tyou? Well, then-1vi11 you h0 very 301:111 to me?" La11,0 V.400 1001ted at 111111 and lbra looked away. ,To be continued,' Admiral. Von Spce. Who commanded the destroyed - German squadron. L1'i"i`Lf: ISLAND Oil: AERN. questions :*asked About it in British House of Commons. One of the strangest stories that has been given birth by the great war is that of the Island of Herd, the leasing of which to a German company was recently discussed in the House of Commons. The lease has been teuminatecl, and British troops are billeted on the island, but the question is still being ask- ed, wily was England so lax es to rent for 'a.'so.ug an island larger than Heligoland, within an hour's steaming of English shores. Hern is -one of the lesser Channel Islands and at one time supported a oonsidera'ble population. It is a beautiful spot, with .an attractive shell beach. In 1889 ib was leased by the Crown for $70 .a year to the Voest Bank Liegnitz, Limited, which in ,turn leased ib to Prince Blucher von Wahletatt, a descend- at1't of. th.e illustrious Blucher of Waterloo and :himself a German. The Prince and his family lived quietly for years in the manor house on the island, incurring the great displeasure of those who sought to ramble over the place by ,'losing all save >one harrow path- way on the beach anti plastering about many warnings to tresp,lss- er5. Children were born to the Prin- cess there—she is of the Russian royal family--a11v1 one of these, a bay, became la naturalized British subject. At no time was the Prince suspected of using .his home in any operations against England, but when the .war broke out the matter became one of natural agitation, culminating in the Home Secretary being asked for an explanation by Silt 'eilil.liam Bull., - T'lle explanation was 'blielf. The government knew the name of the German company ,holding the lease. It knew, moreover, that the rent was about five shillings and six pence a week: that steps had been taken to cancel this d'ooulllent; that for some Weeks British troops had Whether been on the island., Vl herder Prince 131u011er and. ifaanfly had moved from the manor house was not Inade clear. • - The popular: outcr3,, against the Prin ' the f 4,h I ce, 111,'10 apeneon D e jou don ,press ,generally, is unjustified, but The Times remarks rather. , ear- 014ti08,11y that the public, might be told .a little more about -the 'Ger- man company which was ableac- quire qb chea,illy so much ,good iiitrin, and partilre lend, together kik. n1i- merans,;cott,w es, not txl .113Fntion the manor house, 14, ,also is point - 1'•d oat that the 'island is in the heart of .the :English Channel, with- in sight of the coast of France, Send for the Edwardsburg Free Recipe Book. Doesn't every boy love Griddle Cakes! Especially when served with delicious CROWN BRAN dais - -1'^z t 1 n Y] M, `g�� j i C,.., SYRUP. Mother knows it too, :for she likes - CROWN BRAND SYRUP herself, and uses it to make delicious pud- ing sauces. And sister says it's the "best ever" for candy -making. Made in Canada. Sold by All Grocers Manufacturers of the Famous`Edwardsburg Brands. THE - CANADA STARCH R COMPANY, LIMITPD Montreal, Cardinal, Brantford, Fort William. as a submorine base, though no- thing of the kind appears to have been attempted. Told the Way. , "Which is the quickest way to the hospital, please 7" "Go along 'here bill you conte t -o the market ;place, then call for three ch'ee'rs for the Kaiser." ' So- your husband kept house and cooked his Own meals while you Were away. Did he .enjoy it?" "He. says' he did; ,but I notice that the parrot has learned to swear during may absence." "Hallos Sandy? Thinking of the futureeh 7" "No, replied the S'eotsaian, "To-merro'w'''s tile wife's birthday, .and I'an thinking of the present." • Don't •eat soap with a fork if you are hungry. Breaking promises is the beset thing a weak main does, , It wa.s Josh Billings who .said he had "seen surae awful 'bad throat diseases completely cured in three days by simply joining a temper- ance socieby," ........:::....,..........�-0000... ':.,,;:.w:. -„-.m... ... .,.,.,;,-,: a."So-w w► *VW., o * :^!.'sl►'uw!.•t *fit; 011 the Farni t4141114,4143:4 ' ..�.,aw,u IR tin arefl. The manure problem is a funda- mental problem for the .farmers, of t4,,-de,v ,and to-enolrow, One of the most important lessons for them to learn is liew to Obtain gond barn- yard manure ; and then, t'(0 care for it and use it intelligently. In many parts of Canada, the In an 'is simply thrown away, In On'tar'io 188 farmers out of 200 visit- ed exercised no care fru prevelnt waat1', and In Quebec COnditione. are nearly as bad. In other, ,places, notably in the west, it is burned, and, in places Where the manure has aueuluulated, the 'stables have - been moved away, instead of mak- ing use of the manure. This means a great annual loss, At the present price of plant food, the amount of manure produced in the United States 4,1 11' year 1s worth nearly 82,800,000,000. 111 1908, the value of the whole (4)1'11 crop in the United States was only $;1,091,000,000. P11030 figures show the enormous importance of immure .production, The greatest. sources of loss aro, from allowing the liquid portion to drain off, from leaching -by rain, and from treating and fermenta- tion. The liquid is much more valuable in plant food per pound t-lian the solid. In cow manure the total liquid portion is about the same !le the total solid portion. *:et .many farmers arrange their stables to - drain off the liquid. Don't do it. In this way from 810 to $lo worth of fertility per cop-, can be lost an nually. Where possible, the manure should be spread on the field as made. It saves handling twice ,and there is a greater 'tonnage then than at any other time. This can -be done provided the land is not. so billy as to cause the manure to be parried away by rain or melting snow. The effect of green manure' will be seen for a longer time than that of rotted manure on account of the decomposition taking place -in the soil. If this cannot be done, by all means have a covered shed where the manure pan be stored, where it will he packed by stock •tramping on it, and where it 'will be kept tramped and moist. If it is kept tramped and moist, and if ` the 'shed has a cement floor, there will be very little loss. Experiments in the west have shown that a ver} light application of barnyard manure in the spring after sowing, as a top dressing on soils having a tendency to blow, gives excellent results, not only preventing blowing but giving in- - creased yields from the added plant "Ma,, has your tongue got legs?” food. "Got what, child?" "Legs, ma?" "Certainly not; but why do you ask that silly question 1" "Well, I heard pa say your tongue was run- ning from morning till night,." "Do you su'bseribe to all the ar- ticles of the, Athauasian creed?" was asked an old lady. "No, I :don't ; 'I can't afford it. There's a collection next week 'tor the conven- tion fund, and I can't do any wore." was the reply. SillPPiNG FEVER pink ora, epizootic distemper, and all nese and throat diseases cured, and .all °ahem, no matter ]tow "ex. posed." kept from having any of these diseases with SPOI4N'S LIQ"UID DISTEMPER COMPOUND. . 'Three to six doses often cure a ease. Ono bottle guaranteed to do so. Beet thing ter brood mates. Acts on the blood. Druggists and harness shops. Dietri'bulors-ALL. WHOLESALE DRUG., GISTS. SPONN MEDICAL CO., Chemists,Goshen, Indiana, U.S,A. EXTRA HEAT, JUST WHEN YOU NEED IT WITH a Perfection Smokeless Oil Heater in the house you are safeguarded when accidents happen to your heating system. Cold snaps have no terror for you, either—for the Perfection supplies pp just the extra heat needed to make bedroom, bathroom and sitting room warm and comfortable. PERF TION SMOICELB Oe, 1 l-]EA;TEJR,S Perfection heaters areportable, heat quickly and are smokeless, and odorless. At hard., ware and furniture dealers evorywltere, Look for the T'rlang a trademark, Mode In Caaedn - ROYA.L1T3 014 is beet for ail Imes DIE IM? R AL OIL CO., Limited Toronto Queboo Halifax Montreal SL John Winnipig 'Vancouver /31410)8010121014)0131134 Pi re Prot et, tion. In autumn and early winter, fires are more frequent on the farm than - at any other time of the year. Much of the work in stables and .barns is_ done by artificial light, and, ,no , matter how careful' the owner ,may be, ,accidents will happen ; or, hired help regardless of consequences, may smoke somewhere on the sly, 4vith the possible result of a fire. No matter flow ad -equate the fire- fighting appliances may be, one of • the first and most usefuLisa. bucket of water at hand when wanted, A bucket of water .at the right time and in the right place may save your barn or house. Few farmers, think of this. Better a 'bucket of water a'tthe start of a fire than the resources of a city fire depaiwtmen't when the fire has gained headway., Fire :buckets can be ,purchased with rounded bottoms, wlridh, .on 410 - count of their shape, are 111' conven- ient for general use. These array be placed in a round hole cut out in - a shelf or bench. T'hev should be covered and regularly inspected to assure their b-eing kept . • full, To prevent freezing, two pounds: of fused 'oalcinm to the pail may be : used. This will suffice for the p141' - pose of all temperatures .down to ' zero, If the buckets are painted red, they will be more conspicu'o'us.. and .also a constant reminder 'of '. the danger of fire, Done Properly. "How is it you were so long over your work to -day 7" she asked. ' "Sure, ma'am," replied the ser- vant, "you were watching 'me mosh. of the time," Striking. Slh'e—Were tlllel'e any striking feHeatureyeast, s t's at ritehe ?>ivrediddie t ag?- e, I .goo some nice in her •eye ,and the groom got hit on the nose with a'ii old shoe, Would De if Fired' at Ills Heald. - Lin,geriong—+Shall T be leeepiing you up too 'late 'if I'stay until your ,book etrikes eleven:? l41i'ss 4Vawereigh—'I'm afraid ao; it -: is not a striking cloak. "It is the duty of everyone to ma14e atleast one +per3011 happpy. (111x11n�8, the 801114," said a ;St1141d ; S,fllo(il teacher. "1''ow, have you :3 1 '011euivsgo1olJuopthlyn,y, "T''Ya5" ri1g0h1t(1, What did you do4" "I want; to see n1y aunt, and she was happy when I went home?'