HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1915-8-12, Page 2THE FATE OF AZIEVIA
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CHAPTER XX.—(Corit'cl).
He stooped and kissed her hand as
lie told her, and something within
seemed to ming/e \vith the distant
from her earr ing her Lite' mood
with it, while ber ears eang, and it
seemed to her thee -she threw herself
from the terrace.
When she opened her eyes, his arms
were around her, and thought return-
ed; thought insistent, interrogative, seeming intoxication of happiness
reproachful, yet because it travelldewhich had etime to him through Ju -
a distorted; warped imagination, till dith's absolute surrender of pride, (for
vile, tainted, like her life. Judith was like a bird just released
Then it was for her position alone, from a rage in an exquisite forced),
that lie had married her for how the incident of having found the jewel
else . ? she had given to Azuma on the floor
She opened her eyes and afhi' wife's heamm had more sig -
him, dazed, the while an intense .relief Mficanee for Adolphe than he would
struggled with another feeling, a feel -
have told Judith.
ing of dismay that love still evaded! "I don't advise you to pay any eit-
her, Why had he not told her, was ittention," he had told her, but he who
because he wanted to hold it over her knew the South African races, who
head? Or was it because of Azuma? , had spent years with Azuma as his
The nobility, that, did not strike her, ' only companion, knew that it was al -
not yet, not yet. most like a declaration of war, and
You knew," he repeated, "you that the very fact that she noticed
"Yes, 1 knew everything."
knew." that anything Am= did had the
Power to wound or distress her, would
"The poor chap needed money 1 ex-, have a fatal effect.
pert, and 1 gave it him, he has gone The Boers treated the Kafl'irs
to Australia, you will never see him shamefully, but we have made the
again. That chapter of your life is mistake of treating them too well,
over and now, now, little one, we will forgetting the years that will have to
be happy." intervene before they are on a level
"You knew, and yet—" then with ' in mind with the white races. The
something of the old daring insolence Americans have understood this, and
"You knew, then why did you mance', there are evidences of their wisdom
fle9,, every day. They are paying the price
Was it possible that even now she Of too much severity in the days of now entering with new fervor into his
did not understand? A species of slavery, but they pay a far heavier schemes, and going where he wanted
despair took hold of him. a despair" Pelee every time they forget the ra- her to go, cultivating the friends he
of ever reaching to the nobility of her ; pal line of demarcation. Gratitude needed and gradually the foundations
mind which he still felt, hoped might I is wanting in the African, he does of the great power he had always felt
be on a level with his own. He spoke ' not understand kindness unless it is his money would bring him.
• briefly: meted out by one who has first shown They did not want her now, Azuma
"Because I loved you." strength. In Azuma the gratitude
The words doggedly pronounced, was for the act of rescue, became it
how sweet they were, how delicious. had first. been enhanced by the act
of force, in striking the Boer. Grati-
And yet something within whispered
that it was not possible that he loved tilde the form of gentleness alone,
the winning of gratitude by love and
her still. The thought of her scorn,
of the cruel cutting words she had so tenderaess, that is only understood
by a higher civilized condition of the
often uttered, of suspicions expressed,
although they were not real ones, of mend, unaccompanied by severity it
evidences weakness to the negro
hie relations with Azuma, her disdain
cif the woman who had brought him
hick, the way she had pretended to
accept his wealth as a favor because
it seemed the only thing he had to
offer in return for the great position
she offeredhim, for the name she had
laid aside, for the old lineage, had
retended to look down on his race,
'Poor teatime, I have never in der -
stood till to -night. I will have long
talk with her to -morrow. We both
will—"
roar of traffic, ancl to wander away But Alas for resolves that aro made
CHAPTER XXI.
Brit notwithstanding the renewed
cheerfulness, more than that, the
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On the Farm
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Prevent Noll Eresioa.
One of the gravest problems of the
farmers of to -day who axe living on
hilly lands is how to prevent :soil ere.
sion. Much of the washing of farm
lands can be prevented by plowing
deep, so as to make a' subterranean
reservoir for the storage of precipita-
tion. The water penetrates readily
through the loose soil, and its move.
ment through the underlying soil is
very mach slower than over the sur-
face. Frequent crops of clover or
grass which are plowed under make
the surface soil spongy with humus
and retard the washing of the soil. All
hilly lands liable to wash should have
a cover crop during the winter. A
warranty deed will not keep the soil
of the careless farmer from washing
away.
OF 00N.
formerly Princess Alexandra, Duch-
ess of Fife, who has joined the nurs-
ing staff at St. Mary's Hospital, Pad-
dington. She takes no privileges,
but goes through the daily routine of
dressing wounds and waiting on the
invalided soldiers.
position, (especially lately when ethe
new seeurity of her husband's un-
reserved, unconditional protection, the
release from the carking secret, had
seemed to give her something of sta-
bility, of confidence, of poise, which
had been wanting, while all London
was at last taken into her confidence
about the fact that she was devoted
to Adolphe Lieb, and wanted nobody
else), had enlarged the eddies of their
responsibilities, their circle of ac-
quaintances, that Lady Judith was
010 0.
It meant clearly that she -would
take no gifts from Judith, would not
recognize her as in any way her mis-
tress, and he as her husband, ought
to punish Anima. If he did so, he
would not even own to himself what
would be the result. The incident
worried him a good deal, and the
problem now exercised his mind of
Oat Hay,
If, for any reason, you will be short
of hay this season or wind has
smashed the oats down so you can't
bind them, why not make them into
oat hay?
Cut when in the early milk stage
of the grain and cure as you would
other hay. Barley and rye can be
used in the same way to help out a
short hay crop.
A ton of oat hay contains 86 pounds
of digestible protein and a ton of red
clover 183 pounds—only 60 pounds in
favor of the clover, so you see this
makes a very good hay for growing
stock or dairy cows.
Feeding Geese.
Geese require plenty of green food,
which they pluck from the growing
plants and plenty of water as a swhn-
ming pool during the summer. When
they have this, the old geese and
told herself, and at night she would ducklings that are past four weeks
read the pebbles and watch the sand old, will not need to be fed during the
summer. A feed of moistened meal
once a day hastens their growth, but
where there is plenty of herbage
green and fresh, from which they can
her on her terrace, just as he had dope Pluck their food, it will not be neces-
before, and her heart leaped just as
Judith's had done on the anniversary
of her wedding night.
He had found her squatting on the
mat on the terrace gazing out on to
the street, on to the lights betow, her
falling into shapes and forms for
herself, predicting sadness and sepa-
ration from the. beloved Baas, and to
him sorrow and disaster.
Then at last, one night, he went to
sary to feed them, providing there is
plenty of -water for them to swim in.
Our Bird Friends.
THERE'S A DELIGHTFUL 'SOMETHING'
that can only be' produced by the skilful blending
of really fine 'high -grown teas. This peculiar
charm. of flavour makes it unique among teas
and is the secret of its 25 years of increasing
,popularity. B 80
extra for the sake of improving their
stock. To de this, one should have
good stock and good pastures and
good barns, as well as a good man to
care for them.
In disposing of such stock, be fair
about it. A reasonable profit is all
right. If you try to overdo the matter
you will break down, and be driven
out of the business.
Cause of Bad Habits.
Feather eating and feather pulling
are caused by confining the fowls and
leaving them To prevent their
getting the vice or to cure -them when
• they have 'acquired the habit, 'give
them plenty of green food and meat
scraps and give them plenty of exer-
cise by making them work for their
food. Keep them busy. Rub the fowls
that have been plucked with caebolated
vaseline.
Protect the Birds.
The birds eat millions of insects
that, if left alone, would destroy mil-
lions of dollars' worth of fruits and
grain. Of course, some kinds of birds
are pests, but you need not have many
of those kinds on your farm if you
will spend a little time studyingleirds.
Study their habits of feeding and
nesting. Prepare homes for only the
helpful kinds, the ones that feed chief-
ly on insects and worms.
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- THE PERFECT PIE.
(By Peter McArthur.)
Probably no dish that ever appear-
ed on our tables has caused so much
burning as the pie—and I do not
Nothing has a more potent attrac- mean by that to suggest the connec-
hand clasping her chin like the image tion for birds during hot weather tion between heartburn and indiges-
of night itself. It must be sad for than drinking and bathing placee. The tion. The pie with the hunting case
her this life, he said to himself, sad birds' water supply should be a pool crust has eclipsed many a honey -
and lonely. After a time she would
not more than a few inches deep, the moon. The unsuccessful pie has been
be happier in the Veldt.
gis position, his want of social pres- He thought that he had arranged bottom sloping gradually toward the the uncharted rock on the sea of
tige, flirted with others, wringing his whether he could make some arrange- it all very cleverly as ha stood there edge. Both bottom and edge should matrimony, the slough of respond on
heart. Ate he had loved her then, ment for her away from the house, smoking. She would not know that it be rough, so as to afford a safe foot- the straight and narrow path. But
but now . . . And because words to- the while something within him urged was his way of getting Md of her. ing. A giant pottery saucer is an the good pie, the perfect pie has
day had to be uttered in sincerity, and that if he did so ill luck would befall Only he did not ask her to read the excellent device or the pool may be been from time immemorial the peace -
thoughts spoken aloud the mind could him. Yet with Judith's renewed ten- pebbles, and she noted the omission. made of concrete or even metal, if the maker, the healer of lovers' quarrels.
not contain, she finished hers aloud. derness, the power of Azuma to in- "We shall be going away in a few surface is roughended. The great outstanding fact of mar-
fluenee his fate seemed to him a thing days," he began, "going away like The bird bath may be elevated or tied life is that man wants pie. As
everyone else because it is getting too
hot" He paused a moment, and she on the ground if in an open spacetlacott did not,exactly say:
turned her head where skulking enemies can not app
"To Johannesburg you go?" preach too near. A water supply is
"No, not yet, we are going to travel appreciated in winter as well as sum -
about, to pay visits to friends, per- mer.
baps to Germany, and I want you,
Azuma, to do something for me. I am
sending Mr. Kendal," (Kendal was
one of the secretaries who had been
with him in the old days at Johannes-
burg and she liked him,) "I am send -
And now you . . .
He interrupted her. which no longer needed consideration.
"I have always loved you, I love What did he need now? Nothing but
you still, just the same, more per-
, Judith, He had reached the very
baps, madly, passionately, ef°r a' narthex of her heart as it were, and
ways." that had been the crowning desire of
Yes, it seemed to him that to -night his life. And the humility of Judith
for the first time he had reached her „05 touching.
heart.
i, Yes, she had been right when she
had said that love, real love which
She fell on his breast, and tears, could overlook, forgive the past, the
the long pent up tears which came so love of a man who did not care be -
rarely, fell now like summer ram, but cause he loved her would make' her
they did not hurt her as those other good. Yes, in her gratitude to God,
tears had done. They were tears of Judith renewed her mind, her very Hjerdtfeldt contract, but he cannot do
joy, drops of the heart's dew—love. heart. Sometimes she would sit for anything with Zambi, you will have
And as he enfolded her in his arms, hours on the terrace thinking over to do your best with him, you can
there seemed to pass before her the. that scene, that night, and trying to manage him. I hear there are some
crowds whose company she had (as- hear again through imagination, his people after it, and if we don't get it
dained to -night, what a senseless gib- voice, his accent when he had said so at once why we might as well let the
bering crowd it seemed, seeking pleas- doggedly, so brutally almbst: Rhineling mine go.
ure and emotion and illicit love and "Because I loved you." And her I He spoke in as business a tone as
mind would go further back than that, he could assume and what he was tell.
counterfeit. What id it know, that , .
rapid, congress of fools, of such emo-
ing Mr. Kendal to see after that
with shame arid remorse, remember -I mg her was real, he did not want to
tions as this. Love, love untrevestied, ing moments when she had been un- hurry up that contract, and he was
unrestrained by gossip and hints and -kind, and yet he had never told her, I sending Mr. Kendal to Johannesburg,
knowledge of shame, love the domin- never taunted her with her sullied but she could read'his thoughts, this
ating, the conquering, over-iiding girlhood. Oh, how wonderful, ow
everything. Love, love, real love, wonderful to think that he had come
cared for nothing but the object of straight from Hugh Glover who had
woman, although her back was partly
turned towards him, although it was
nearly dark. There was a moment's
its love. Ab, if the gods had been told him the nauseous tale, and be- silence; then he broke it again.
cruel, they had at least reserved for cause his love was so great that he , "I can't help thinking that there is
Lady Judith something which they must needs add to it all that was best ` something at the back of it all, you'll
rarely bestowed, the finest pearl of of chivalry and protection and ten- ' find out. See Zeller and if necessary
all, quite at the bottom of the well derness and consolation he had drawn
of truth. her away to the conservatory and
"And 1 always said that 1 wanted .d.
-to be loved, that if I were loved, 1
-; '"I want to show you my heart."
would bo good," she murmured. And although he had told her not; once, by simply stretching her two
And as he drew her, with his arms to do so, from sheer love of him, be- I arms forward. He had often admired
around her, back into her room and cause the gladness in her must con- , the way she rose suddenly to her feet
switched on the light, his foot struck vey itself to others, she went to 1 without bending her knees, and she
against something on the floor. He, A in and tool- her the little brace- ' stood there on the terrace before him
, Mt a e
stooped and picked it up. •let, and laughing and smiling had fas-1 against the glow of the great city, a
"What is this?" he held it out to tened it on her arm. But she bronze mute figure it seemed, for a
her, he had forgotten till about it, wouldn't smile," she told Adolphe, I few seconds, Then all of a sudden
Here in the light, he could see the when he came back to luncheon, "shet she burst out:
radiance of her face on which love didn't thank me or anything, just' "Why the Baas send me awav, that
was alibiing through tears;
.the ex- stood there looking very sullen and 1 Lady Judy want me go away?"
pay him.
Still eilence, then she sprang up
with that supple movement of hers,
which brought her to her feet at
pression was stillt el e, more emp a- am sure that the moment my back
Sized than ever, the expression of the was turned she took it off."
Madonna, but this time the agonized •
i "1 wish you hadn't given it her
look of.deprived maternity had almost , back," he told Judith, and she made
vanished. I a little face at him, a little face which
There was new joyousness in her he knew quite well meant, "I did it
voice as she took the bauble from him. I for you because she has been good to
"That is what I gave Azuma, you , you, because she loves you and be -
see she won't keep it, she has thrown cause I love everybody that you love."
it back. Poor Azuma, to -morrow II A new chrism was upon Lady Judith,
will make her keep it. . I will be the chrism of a love for the whole
SO nice to her, so good to her. Ah, I
. world which transformed her, arid
you don't know how good I am going 1
," something else too, something she was
to be
going to tell him that night which,
She spoke like a forgiven child who while it brought a remembrance she
is still dazzled by the wonder of be-
ing forgiven. I would fain have been without, would
yet bring joy, because it was his dear-
- 1est wish. Life looked very bright
just now, arid the incident of Azuma
did not trouble her, but it troubled
Adolphe. The time had come when
he must get rid of her and because
only noble hearts can be grateful, and
his was the noblest of hearts because
he knew that she loved him, 'he hated
to send her away.
Yes, of date Azuma had grown to
hate Lady Judith more and more, as
she saw the increasing tenderness of
Adolphe. He never came now, the
Baas, to play to her or to consult her
as he had been wont to, instead he
spent the eeenings -with his wife, or
took her out, She could not grasp,
poor untutored creature how every
day their engagements increased, how
She had always said "Lady Judy,"
never been able to pronounce the "th"
and it had =teed them both. Often
in lest Adolphe would oall her "Lady
Judy," now to -night together with her
words it grated, and he cBd not like
the way ,the had said "that Lady
Judy," but she often used words, with-
out knowing their'significance, and he
restrained the irritation he felt.
"Lady Judith has nothing to do with
it. I want you to see to this business
for me. I am not sending you away
Azuma, I cannot go to Johannesburg
yet and no one can do that so well as
you."
"If I go you never come to Johan.
nesburg again," she replied doggedly.
And Adolphe laughed.
• (To be continued.)
• Gloomy Observation.
A Good Side Line.
A profitable side line of farming is
to raise a few nice sheep every year
for men whmare willing to pay a bit
"Do you think the world is getting
better 1"
"I don't know anything about it,"
replied the melancholy observer, "It
seemed to be doing very well for a
time, but judging from the Euro-
pean news, 1 should say it is suf-
fering a terrible relapse."
A Chinese father has the supreme
right of life and death over his chil-
;wh f the African Croesus
dren, and is not amenable to any laee
the ealto
united to Lady Judith's tame and in thie respect.
Lives there a man with soul so dead,
Who never to his wife hath said:
"I wish that you would learn to bake
Pies like my mother used to make."
But I have known a man to do even
worse than that. I have known a
man to say to his wife: "I wish you
could make pies like your mother
used to make. In that way he re-
buked her and made friends with his
mother-in-law, a feat of diplomacy
never equalled in the chancelleries of
Europe.
But the question has been raised:
Vrhat kind of pie was it that mother
used to make? What was her master-
piece?"
There is no need of any dispute on
this subject. Just wait till you find
one of those old fashioned pie -making
mothers and listen to what she is
singing to the grandchildren on her
knee.
"Can she 'hake a cherry pie?
Billy Boy, Billy -Boy!
Can she make a cherry pie,
Charming Billy?
She can make a cherry pie
While a cat can wink its eye
But she's a young thing and can't
leave her marry -0'.
When the biggest cherry trees that
are now laden with ruddy fruit were
mere seedlings, that song was as
popular as Tipperary is to -day, and
there are still merry grandmothers
who sing it to their marriageable
grandsons when they go a -wooing. In
the good old days before there were
pie factories -where pies are made
by machines and should be eaten by
machines the making of a cherry pie
was the ultimate test of a housekeep-
er. No girl was accounted worthy
of a home who could not make ei per-
fect cherry pie.
And this is the season of the cherry
pie! Let me whisper something.
Every gill should show that she is
able to make cherry pies. Every
love-lorn boy should see that the girl
he loves is able to make 'them., A
word to the wise is suffialent—
though in this case a word to the
foolish might be more appropriate.
His Reply.
The humor of Scotland (according
to an English writer)—An oldgentle-
der is trimmed with white linen. The
man arrived in a hot and breathless ,
state at the railway station. "I
1 front panel of the waist buttons
say,
orter " he panted, "why do they put
straight up to the collar, forming one
pI
the station so far away from the vil-
lage?" The porter replied—"Weel,
sir, I eouldna say; but I think it was
to be near the lhae."
Madame Mode, Says,
No cotton material is better than
yoile for medical wear, •
A touch of -black in neckwear is in
vogue for the moment. •
Tho tendency in linen dressea is
toward the tailored, styles.
Never wae there ,such a liking for
the sailor in millinery.
Fine organdies are the greatest fa-
vorites for fluffy frocks,
Lots of the summer wash suite are
b8ing made up in gray. • .
Narrow belts are a feature among
the new *ash skirts.
• Bridesmaids are carrying crooks
with knots of apple blossoms.
White pongees and taffetas are seen
among afternoon dressee. •
All sorts of cotton frocks are finieh-
ed with colored silk sashes.
Low-heeled shoes are correct with
:my sort of daytime dress.
Flowered silk crepe is an excellent
material for a summer dress,
Very often the one bright touch on
a dress or coat is the buttons.
Costly embroideries seem to be en-
tirely out of the question on summer
gowns,
The more simple the little glee hat
is the more fashionable and becoming,
This is the hour of the long silk
glove, and never was it prettier or
daintier.
Small hats with ostrich about the
crown and mounting high in the front
are new.
Self -colored and dull gold soutache
Etre used in carrying out the military
effects of coats.
Dull gold and metal soutache em-
brorliery are beingused on chic tailor-
ed costumes.
Revers and waistcoats of linen,
striped or plain, are seen in the new
white serge jackets.
Grass linen blouses have twine de-
coration and are worn with sand -col-
ored covert skirts.
High stand-up ruffles of tulle and
neck ruchings of lace are among the
revivals in neckwear.
Some of the silk dresses have the
long peasant blouse belted, and they
are high in the collar.
Some of the best Paris dressmak-
ers are cutting their blouses low in
the neck—round or square.
There has been a tremendous swing
from the tube-like skirt to the pic-
turesque skirt that billows.
A dressy Mouse is in a combination
of black chiffon and black velvet rib-
bon the latter forming the lower
third of the blouse and the cuff bands.
Embroidery in Oriental colors re-
lieves the eober tones of the materi-
als.
An attractive linen blouse of laven-
There is a law in Nebraska requir-
ing hotel proprietors to furnish bed -
sheets nine feet in length.
Choice fruit Deserves
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CHERRY JELLY
From a recipe of Charles Fran-
calelli, Chief Cook to Queen
Viciovia. Published In 1865.
Clean 2 lbs. cherries and a
handful of red currants, and
bruise stones and kernels in a
,nertarl place in small pre-
serving pari with I lb. John
R.:teeth's sugar loaf, and 35
pint spring -water ; 5051 01 the
stove -fire about five minutes,
taking caro to remove scum as
It rises 5 pour into a beaver
Jelly -bag and f liter ln usual was'.
Mix Juice with two ouncoS
clarified isinglass. and pour
Into lam or mould.
EXTRA
to preserve its luscious flavor for the winter days to come.
For over half a century ~ has been the favorite sugar in
Canada for preserving and jelly-making—and with good
reason. Because it is absolutely pure and always the same,
you can use it according to your recipes, year after year, with
full confidence in the results,
Fruit put up right, with cciWkit Extra Granul-
ated Sugar, will keep as long as you wish, and
when opened a month or a year hence will
delight you with its freshness and flavor.
"Let Ago sweeten it."
Get your supply of sugar in Original REDPATH
Packages, and thus be sure of the genuine—
Canada's favorite sugar, at its best.
Put up in 2 and 5 lb. Sealed Cartons and in
10, 20, 50 and 100 lb. Bags. 140
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continuous line. • The sleeves are
long, with cuffs trimmed with the but-
tons.
The dressy waist, which takes more
the form of a dress bodice, is made to
match the skirt. Sometimes these
waists are touched up with a con-
trasting color. White is frequently
used in the collars, cuffs, vests, but-
tons and other trimmings. White
is especially used on navy blue and
black.
A chemise blouse of felt net and
lace in the natural color has a skirt
part of black chiffon. The blouse
belts slightly below the normal waist-
line, but the effect of a lower line is
given by the continuation of the lace
below the ribbon belt Stitched to
the tail of the blouse is a hem of
black chiffon. This blouse has no
other opening than that at the neck
and slips on over the heed. le is of
the almost shapeless kimono cut, but
the long sleeves are fitted snugly to
the arms from half -way below to the
wrist, _where they are almost skin
tight. The collar and inside vest are
of.fiesh-colored mousseline de sole.
This transparent bodice is worn over
a guimpe bodice of fleeh-colored
mousseline.
Fighting the Submarine.
• The warship of the present day,
says the London Engineer, is a com-
promise between what we deem best
and ;what we deem essential, The
torpedo -proof bottom has become es-
sential; therefore we must give up
guns, or armor, or speed, or 500110 -
thing else, in order to get it. On the
other hand, it is probable that battle-
ships and battle cruisers will not
hereafter be supplied with torpedoes.
Since actions are now fought at en-
ormous ranges, and since vessels can
be sunk by guefire alone, torpedoes on
big -gun ships are now useless. Omit -
Meg the torpedo tube will save little
weight, but it will leave space for
more ammunition. The Engineer
also suggests that high-nreed rams
with bows of proper shape and re-
quisite strength to sink an underwater
craft .will again come into use.
German helmets are nearly as light
as straw lints.
• Maxim guns ffee so rapidly that
they would become red-hot very
quickly if they were not surrounded
by water -jackets. The water in these
has to be re:towed after every 2,000
rounds have been fired,
At the 'outbreak of the war the
Germans filled railway carriages with
dumtnies made of steam, and dreseed
in French uniforms, hi &dot to make
people believe that they had captured
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