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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1915-9-2, Page 7The Biding Pluce, Two little figures carte flying across the field; they stooped suddenly as they reached the big stack, and bes gen to burrow into the hay. "Quick, Ruth!" Roy panted, rPhis will be a great place to hide in," • There had been a quarrel; Rey and Ruth were on one side, and Roy's cousins, Barry and Nell, were on the other. They worked away like eager little moles, and before long they had dug e large, warm, hollow place, into which they crept, laughing softly, "There!" Roy whispered, as he pull- ed in his foot and dragged downa light curtain of hay to hide the open- ing."They'll never find us here!"' "Never in the world," Ruth agreed, "Isn't it soft and sweet -smelly back here? I suppose they're searching the farm for us. Harry is running one way and Nell the other." For a long time they sat still and talked in whispers. It was like being in a warm, yellow-brown tent—cosy, yet not too dark and close, for plenty of light and air came through the wall of hay; they even grew drowsy. "Funny we don't hear them call- ing," Roy murmured sleepily, after a while. Then he sat up straight, all at once. "What's that queer stirring sort of sound?" he said. They bothheld their breath and lis - s. tened. Sure enough, it was a queer noise—a ]rind of soft, slow rustle at the other side of the stack. Ruth clutched Roy and they both listened. "I'm a little bit scared," she whis- pered. "Pshawl" he answered. "What about? Probably it's a cow eating the hay." They did not move, and the noise went on. "It must be two cows," Ruth decid- ed. "Hear how they bustle and rustle." Something certainly did bustle and rustle, and every now and then the two listeners caught an odd murmur- ing. Once there came a cough and a sneeze. "Dog," Roy decided. "The dust tickles him." "Do dogs sneeze?" Ruth asked doubtfully. "Ooo-oo, Roy, I wish we hadn't hidden." Her voice was a lit- tle frightened quaver. A long silence followed. • They could hear nothing nothing at all now except the wind in the hay. All at once there came another sharp sneeze. Roy could stand it no longer. "Look here, Ruth," he said, "let's find out what's on the other side of this hay- stack. We'll dig through and get to It slowly." "Why, you wouldn't dare, Roy Bur- ton! It might be a bear!" "This state has no bears in it," Roy answered sturdily, and he began to dig carefully into the hay. Ruth was afraid to run and afraid not to keep close to Roy, and so she dug with him. Slowly but steadily they bored a little tunnel before them. Now and then they thought they thought they heard again that funny stirring on the other side of the stack, but they did not stop to listen long. They dug on industriously. "It's getting lighter," Roy said after a while. "Now, then, do just as I + say, Ruth!" he panted, for he was much excited. "Just make a little peephole in. the hay, and when I say 'Zip!' look through. "I'll take care of you." He gave the signal, and they stared eagerly through the two peepholes. Then they gave a little gasp. "It's people!" Roy cried, for each looked steadily into another pair of astonish- ed eyes. "It's us!" cried back two familiar voices, and suddenly the rest of the hay wall fell. There they saw Nell and Harry. "I do declare!" said Harry. "We'd wondered and wondered what kind of animal it was that squealed on that side,: and we dug and dug!" "So did we," Ruth answered. "Only we heard a sneeze. What made you think of hiding in the hay?" "What made 'you?" Nell replied. Then all four began to laugh foolish- ly. • "What oolish-ly"What were we quarreling about?" Roy answered. No one could remember, and they laughed together at their own silli- ness. Then they worked Busily and piled the golden 'hay into a stack again,—Youth's, Companion, SUMMER HEAT HARD ON BABY No season of the year is So danger mus to the life of little ones as is the summer. The exeeesive heat throws the little stomach out of order 00 quickly that, unless prompt aid is ai hand the 'baby may be beyond all human help before the mother realizes hs is 111. Summer is the season when diarrohoea,'cholera infantum, dysen- try and colic are meet prevalent, Any one of these troubles may prove dead- ly if not promptly treated, During the summer the mothers best friend is Baby's Own Tablets. They, regu- late the bowels, sweeten the stomach and keep baby healthy, The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers oe by mail a;. 25 cents a box from Tlie Dr. Williams' Medicine Co„ Brockville, Ont. A SPLENDID RECORD. Most people know that the Can- adian Pacific Railway traverses over eleven thousand miles of country in Canada, encounters even tropical and arctic weathers; cuts its way through the rugged and difficult country along the shores of Lake Superior; crosses the endless prairies of the west; and finally runs through the glories of the Canadian Rockies where the road in some places has been hewn out of the mountain sides under towering peaks; through great canyons; and in other places tunnels and piral rails have to be negotiated, all necessitating care in operation. But in spite of all these difficulties the Canadian Pacific has not killed a single passenger in a train accident during the, past two years, which is a record Canada can place against the recent boast of the Pennsylvania Railroad not having killed a passenger in three years. Especially so when it is considered that the latter road has not the same climate conditions to face and the easy country through which it tra- verses. DE WET'S TRIBUTE TO FRENCH. Many tributes were paid to Sir John French for his brilliant work during the South African war, but could he ever 'be'induced to confess as much, he would doubtless admit that that which pleased him most was the praise bestowed upon him by the Boers. It has been recorded that when towns or railway stations were captured our men would find allusions to French chalked on the wall. Thus: "We are not fighting the English— they don't count; we are only fighting the 'French.'" Quite early in the campaign this inscription was found on the walls of a Boer farmhouse: "Why are we bound to win ? Because ,although we have only 90,000 burghers, that means 90,000 generals. But the English, though they have 200,000 soldiers, have only one general—and he is French." That was in the days be- fore Roberts and Kitchener were on the scene. But the Boers were not alone in, their appreciation of French. One of the authorities of the German general staff wrote to him:' "His- (French's) name was one of the most dreaded by the enemy," and "he impressed his personality on the troops." The Boers were, indeed, according to Mr. Cecil' Chisholm', M.A., in his authentic biography of Sir John French (Jenkins); the first to admit, his superiority to the other English officers if not to themselves. DeWet was once asked in the early stages of the war how longhe expected to avoid capture. He replied, with a smile, that it all depended on which general was dispatched to run him down. • When a certain name was mentioned, the reply was, "Till eter- ity." 'General B— was next men- tioned. "About two years," was the verdict. ' "And General French?" "Two weeks" admitted De Wet. • MISCHIEF MAKER. Now Strong and Robust. An adult's food that can save a baby proves itself to be nourishing and easily digested and good for big and little folks. An Eastern man says: "When our baby was about eleven months old he began to grow thin and pale. This was attributed to the heat and the fact that his teeth were com- ing, but, in reality, the poor little thing was starving, his mother's milk not 'being sufficient nourishment. "One day after he had cried bitterly for an hour, I suggested that my wife try him on Grape -Nuts. She soaked two teaspoonfuls in half a cup of warm water for 5 or 6 minutes, then poured off the liquid and to it added a like amount of rich milk and a little sugar, This baby ate ravenously. "It was not many days before he forgot all about being nursed, and has since lived almost exclusively on Grape -Nuts. To -day the boy is strong and robust, and as ante a mis- chief -maker as a thirteen -months' -old baby is expected to be. "Use this letter any way you wish, for my wife and I can never praise Grape -Nuts enough after the bright- ness it has brought to our household." Grape -Nuts is not made for a baby food, but experience with thousands of babies shows it to be among the best, if not entirely thebest in use. Being a scientific preparation of Na- ture's grains, it is equally effective as a body and brain builder for grown- ups. "There's a Reason." Name given by Canadian Postum Co., Windsor, Ont, Ever read the above letter ? !► new one appears from time : to time. They ate true, and full of h tinan i Rain Alarm for Window. Rain alarms are now made for peo- ple who wish to leave the windows of their homes opon all night yet fear that a rainstorm may come up in the night and the drops blow in. The alarm is a -little buzzer inclosed in a wooden box, which is to bo placed on the window sill. When rain blows in the first drops on the stop of the box switch on an electric' current from a battery in the box and the alarm be- gins to sound. At the same time a tiny electric light appears on the side of the box so that any person who is wakened by the buzzer may quickly discover into which window the rain is blowing. Mn Brown—"My goad man, what' ever caused you to become a tramp?" The Wandering One "It was my medical adviser, sir, Xic told me to take long walks after meals, and I've been welkin' after 'em ever Since." MR, B6NIIAM-CARTER. Violet Asquitll's Fiance Is Not a Man of Title. The engagement of Miss Violet As- quith, eldest daughter of the British Prime Minister, to her father's pri- vate secretary, Maurice Bonham -Car- ter, will raise hopes in the breasts of London .dressmakers and the caterers that there will be a big wedding to produce something to remind them of the glories of other summer seasons, Miss Asquith, whose own metber died when she was a little girl, is quiet and retiring by nature, possess- ing a great deal of the solidarity and dignity of character which mark her father. Her fiance, Mr, Bonham -Car- ter, comes of an excellent family, es- tablished in the north of England for some generations, and related to that of Miss Florence Nightingale. A great deal of her wealth was be- queathed to' the Bonham -Carters, Mr, Henry, Benham -Carter, her cousin, having: managed her business for many years. The Prime Minister's new son-in- law does not belong to the aristoc- racy, and therefore can hardly be ' Miss Violet Asquith ONE POUND LIFE PRESERVER.' Will Keep Afloat a Person of Average Weight. Fear of the deadly submarine, which seems destined to continue to play its part in a long series of sea disasters, has led steamship officials I" Advancing Years Need Not Bring wrinkles. to provide every pessihle safety .de vice for their patrons. On many of the great liners still in service a new life preserver has been installed. 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Miss Asquith remained so long in- consolable after the death of her first fiance, Lord Archibald Gordon, a younger son of the Earl of Aberdeen, who was killed in an accident in Ire- land' six years ago, and she continued her close intimacy with the Aberdeen family to such an extent, that it was taken for granted she would never marry. She has recently been in Cairo nursing her third brother, Lieut. Arthur Asquith, who was wounded in the leg during the 'opera- tions at the Dardanelles. Her second brother, Lord Herbert Asquith, is home on leave from the Dardanelles, having been' struck in the face by a fragment of a shell. THE BEARD. Many and Curious Are the Styles in .Whiskers. There is a sort of an unwritten law, often broken, that army men shall wear a moustache, naval men to be clean shaven, but, of course, in the navy especially, there are many ex- ceptions to this rule. The Worcester- shire militia claims to have been the first English regiment to adopt the moustache, in 1798, and to have bor- rowed the idea from the Austrian ser- vice. Among the Turks, Arabs, and Per- sians the removal of the beard was, and is to -day, to a great extent, re- garded as a severe punishment and degradation. Moslems, who swear by the beard of the Prophet and their own, carry combs about with them to dress the beard. They perform this operation immediately after prayers, remaining on their knees the while. The hairs that fall out are carefully preserved for entombment with their owner when he dies; he himself fre- quently depositing them in his des- tined tomb. It is customary among the Turks, too, to anoint their beards with perfume, and to smoke them with incense. Persian kings used to have their beards interwoven- with gold thread; -the Egyptians only grew beards as a sign of mourning, but sometimes wore false beards of plaited hair, which varied in size and length ac- cording to ranK. J'eter the (e10at thought I guessed right' compelled shaving in Russia, and had the beards of all whom he found wear- ing them plucked out by the root or shaved with a blunt razor. In Greece the beard was universally worn until the time of Alexander the Great, who ordered shaving so that the beards of his soldiers should not be laid hold of by their enemies in battle. In Rome the first day of shaving was regarded by the Romans as the entrance into manhood, and it was celebrated with great festivities. It isn't what you say, but how you say it, that snakes a woman either your friend or your enemy. "Oh, will he bite?" exclaimed ono of oar sweetest girls, with a look of alarm, when she saw one of the danc- ing bears on the street, the other day, "No, blit ho can hug," "Oh," she said with a distracting smile, "I don't mind that." Wonderful for the Blo d! FARM FOR RENT, IF L0035IN0 >•00A 1'6IUI, CONSULTme. I. have oyer Two Ifundred on MY 31st, located 1n the beet 808110ne of On. isrlor M! sizes, A. W. Dawson,' Brampton., NEWSPAPERS FOR SALE, PE0F'IT-MAICING NEWS AND JOB Offices for sale In good Ontario towns, The most useful and interesting. of all businesses. 3l'ull information on application to Wilson Publishing Com- pany, 73 West Adelaide St.. Toronto. MISCELLANEOUS, Cures Sallow Skin, Headache, ANOnli, TUMORS, LIMPS. ETO. Languor and TirednessNu internal and external mored YAW - out pain by our home treatment. Writ. You don't need to be told how you es before too late. Dr. Bellmau Medical feel,—blue, sort of sickish, poor ap- co.. 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There seems to be a widespread move- ment in favor of tea throughout the world, and the supply is insufficient to cope with the increased demand. Until the law of supply and demand adjusts itself higher prices for tea must be expected. P To tae Sure About It" "George," said the beautiful girl As she nestled close to him, "the last time you called you proposed." "I slid, sweet one "And. I accepted you," "You did, love." "I presume, George," she went on in her most fascinating manner, "that you look upon me merely as a foolish, thought- less girl, bat—but--" "Now can you think so, pet?" he interrupted, "But," she went on in a business -like way, "I have something of the busi- ness instinct of the new woman in me, and -and --I shall have to asst you to repeat the proposal again to -night. The last time you called it was Sun- day, and contracts made on that day, I learn, are not legally binding." A travelling man may be a tourist or a tramp. 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