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The Green Seal
By CHARLES EDMONDS WALK
Authorof "The Silver Blg,de," "The Paternoster Euby,"
"The Time Locic," etc..
CHAPTER XXVI.--(Cont'd),
Some minutes later I eves seated in
the more tr•eubled I grew. A pe'-
aietent, pestiferous gnat of doubt be -C•
one of Mrs. Fleming's state "chairs, gan to torment me.
Lois stood pensively beeide me. ItI With hie fresh annoyance piled
all seethed so wonderful, so incredible, upon Cop of the night's whirlwind of
that I could not at once realize such excitement, I never felt less like
happiness as being mine. I felt her sleep; so I went to my rooms and dis-
hand fall gently upon my head; her carded the ruined evening clothes for
fingers toyed idly with my hair. I a business suit, selected a soft hat to
she sand, eyou promised to replace the lost opera hat, and then
listen. Now, then—keep your word!" started to walk my nerves into a de -i
"I always shall to you," I assured cent state of calmness. i
her. •
"Do you realize what a dreadful
thing came upon us to -night?"
CHAPTER XXVII.
That morning I stew the city wake:
I glanced up quickly, alarmed by a watched it progress through all the
Portentous note in her voice. She stages, from the brooding silence of
went on, her lovely eyes meeting mine slumber, before the sparrows renew -- still' uninterned! . These are Mimeo
wistfully: (their quarrels and matings, to noisy grievous argument is recorded be -,Social Conditions on the farm. figures, given by Sir John Shnmt in
"In referring to a life crisis so un- activity; from darkness, through the cause it clearly sets forth the poli ors. Since then, Mr. Crockett has reply to it question }n the riouse oP.
surpassably splendid and intense that Pink opening bud of dawn, to the full holding a handkerchief to her eyes. tion she had taken and which she During the year 1915, the Commis done ivoll. His accounts showed him Commons. How much longer i such
mere words can nut give the faint- white Rower of broad day; and a few Instantaneously I took in the details clung to with tenacity, of a Christian Sion of Conservation conducted an bow. Without them, be would long a state of affairs to continuo? Nen-
est glimmer of an idea about it, I minutes before six some benign provi- of her appearance. Since I left Mrs. martyr to his faith, agricultural survey on 400 farms in ere now have lost his farm. ural countries consider ua quite mad
have heard you call it a 'supreme mos dance guided my wandering feet to Fleining's she had changed to the Said. Lois: "At Mrs. Fleming's 1 Ontario. The survey ' included 100 There is room for similar system- I to regard to the al}en enemy per}l,
ment.' I like that phrase. It is so my office building. stylish tailored costume I had first know you thought I was bcld and for- farms in each of the Counties of Dun- atic business accounting on every and it is(amongst other things) the
Dun -
rich with meaning. It has stayed with On this day of days what mysteri- seen her in; she had on a different hat, ward, but you will understand now das, Waterloo, Northumberland and farm. The average farm of Canada' purpose of the anti -German League
g y r is a mixed farm, with manysonrces'to briel
tie, Well, this.has been my supreme ors, unseen influence operated to modest, as what is appropriate in and forgive. I told you it was my Carleton. Sailors phases of farm g pressure'to bear upon those
moment" She paused her eyes dark- urge me there at so unprecedented an women's headgear goes, but still cis- supreme moment. It was. I just had life were investigated, and some in- of income. On almost every faim,I who are responsible for such a crying.
scandal.
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!creaser] my anxiety a thousandfold.
She was determined to go away eome-
where where j could never see her
again. Could se situation have been
(more exasperatingly hopeless?
"Never in my life .have I received
a gepuine love letter," sbc told me
when I betrayed pry curiosity about
the one upon the blotting -pad; "never
have I written anything that even
pretended to be one—until this morn-
ing, This is my first love -letter, Boy,
and I wanted to write it to you, seat-
ed here in one of the very fewspote
that are hallowed for me by any ten-
der or sacred memories."
I I still have that hotter; I shall al
ways keep it. It too is sacred, much
too sacred to transcribe any part of
it here; but I venture to say no doting
lover ever before received such burn
ing testimony of his loved one's love
far him. Dear girl, she overlooked
nothing, It even contained, itnticipat
ing my worry, a statement of her,
finances, and the assurance that an ac-�
ceptabie stenographer would be on•
hand to take her place without incon-
venience to me. My heart throbbed in
my throat as I read it.
! Another fragment of our long,
Only Fine, Fiavm .ry Teas
are used to produce the famous
I!
ONE MILLION
MEMBERS WANTED
OBJECTS 01" THE ANTI -GERMAN
LEAGUE.
Strong Manifesto Issued, and a Co,n-
prebeesive Programme
blends. Every leaf is fresh, fragrant Drown Up.
full
natural - 1 sness. SoldDestruct-ion of every Gorman in-
fluence its d�11�fluence in Great Britain, internment of
B 107 all alien enemies, and capture of all .
German trade secrets are aimed at
by the Anti -German League. This .
insealed packets only.
r,
organization is inereasing ill strength
duly, and has the backing of in-
fluential husiness concerns in Eng-
land. It is attempting to gain ri mil•
lion members, and its aims are set
forth in a manifesto which ways ht
part:
"Ten thousand seven hundred and
twenby-nine Germans in London alone
ening and deepening until they were hour? From half -past eight to nine tinctly "smart" and, of course, be- to have that consecration of our love teresting conditions presented. we believe, one or more branches are
wonderful. Her voice dropped. "But, was my customary time for arriving; coming, like everything else about to carry away with me, to uphold and Social conditions, and other linen- being run at an actual loss and the
Boy, do you think I would ever marry but six o'clock—I had never done such her. She wore a veil, which just now support me, to inspire me with ideals tives to keep the young people on income would be increased by its
you?"e. thing before) And i#Thad arrived was pushed up. I could not see much that are worthy of it, and to strength- the farms are to a great extent neg- elimination. Other branches are
1 tried to rise, but the hand upon only a few minutes later—at six- of her face, being nearly directly be- en me the effort to live up to them." leeted, as may be seen from the fol- Particularly profitable, - and these
> head held me back. thirty, say—I would have been too hind her, and some seconds passed be- "And still you can deliberately go lowing report of the survey. should be enlarged. The only. way to
"No, no—don't forget. Wait till late, and this story would have had fore I gathered the significance of her away from me" —I was pleading des- Ten per cent: of the farmers visit: know which branches to eliminate • at once, and help to raise the league's
I'm through," an ending so different from the one attitude. perately—"thrust me out of your life. ed have had boys leave and go to and which to enlarge, however•, is to, vigorous battle cry' of everything
"I knew," I nevertheless said, "you it has that I shudder even now to My regard ivandered back to the Think dear heart—think! Stop and the city. Seven per cent. have sons keep books. There is no better time Goramn taboo!' throughout the Bri-
tish Empire,
"Never before in Englands history
has the nation been faced with prob-
` s n. ]ems so grave and complex. We
Potato growers in past years, at stand, or ribber, shall shortly stand,
least those who have made use of at the parting of the ways. On the
commercial fertilizers, have always .one hand lies a road to prosperity
favored a fertilizer with a large pro- and 'Empire—a road we are opening
itad some idiotic quirk in that pre- think of it. hand upon the blotting -pad. It is ne- consider what a cold, starved, hollow married who are farming. Nineteen to start than the present.—Fam and
cious head of yours. But whatever' I had been walking ever since part- markable how expressive the human mockery of love it soon will become! per cent. stated that they were fol -
it is, you are mine just the same." ing from Lois, in the vain hope that hand may be. Leas's. was a beautiful Ashes—mould: mildew—it's worse lowing some form of book-keeping,
"Supposing, Brice, your brother—if the chill air of morning would cool hand, the long, delicately tapering than death!" Ibut only one man was following a
you'd ever had one—or your closest the fever in my veins. I was tired, sort that is said to denote an artistic "Oh, Boy, don't believe I am cold, complete method. Sixty-seven per
friend, say should come to you and jaded, haggard; but interest in the temperament. At first it lay listless- harsh, unfeeling; for indeed. indeed, cent. take agricultural papers, seven -
inform you he was going to marry day's promised developments had re- ly half open, conveying to me an hn- I'm not! My heart aches for you. I teen per cent. take story magazines,
Steve Willets's daughter: how would vived in a measure, and already I was pression of infinite weariness, both of am not putting you out of my life; and seventy-seven per cent. take a
you. advise him?" beginning impatiently to hope that the flesh and the spirit; but in the that would be impossible. I am talk- daily PaPet'• portion o£ available
This time I was upon my feet before Strang would not be dilatory. brief time I stood -watching it, trying In 53 per cent. of the families visit- potash. The at a sacrifice of blood and treasure,
Y ging myself away from you. ( P closing off of the German supply of the like of which the world has
she could stay me, I was frightened. And Lois—would she be on hand at to make up my mind how to announce i Listen, Brice. I have always been' ed there were young people over 14 potash has rendered this fertilizing never seen—on . the other, the as-
• "Lois! Do you imagine I even con her usual hour? It was indeed a my presence without startling her, it a pretty level-headed sort of person, Years of ago while 31 per cont. had constituent extremely expensive and sumption of a policy of drifts and
sidered that? God knows it never good deal to expect from her powers closed suddenly and convulsively and not much given to dreaming dreams a horse and buggy or an automobile potato growers are now face to face apathy, which would again permit
entered my headl I have been for- of endurance; but after all that had quivered with the abnormal tension of are seeing visions. But I know what for the young people. Sixty-one per with the proposition of growing po Teutonic leprosy to threaten our very
getting it so constantly that it is as happened she must not be 'allowed to the muscles. Then I knew she was• your ambitions are. Mine would be cent. of the farmers attended some tatoes with nitrogen and phosphor -
Dairy.
Growing Potatoes Without Potash.
if it weren't so." miss the culmination of our adven crying•
la poor weak mockery of a love in very hind of community event 01 events ors only. In this connection, an ex -
"I know Your attitude is that of tures, the denouement of the mys-1 She was crying softly, for hers was truth if I couldn't divine them. And during the past year, chiefly church periment conducted at the Maine Ex-
the one seeking advice. But try to tory that had intruded into our an undemonstrative nature; but the I have looked ahead into the future.,socials and picnics. ex -
,
station will be of interest.
put yourself in the advisor's place, lives. spasmodic clenching of the hand upon The higher you rise, the more honored' Here it may be stated that the ru- Chas. D. Woods sums up the results
Come—be honest now—what would What had she meant by that secret the blotting -pad was eloquently ex- your position, just that much more in- rat churches have a great opportun- of the experiments as follows:
smile? What hidden purpose did it pressive of the tempest of emotion tolerable will our relationship grow ifs to develop the social side of their 1 "Throughout the growing season
the vines on both the no potash plots
were a distinctly brighter green and
had a thriftier look than on the ad-
joining plots. The difference was so
marked that it _attracted much at-
tention from visitors at the farm.
Although some slight -irregularities
occurred in the yield from the differ -
the advisor say? What would be his
counsel?"
"I don't care a hang what he'd say.
'Your question is unfair to me and un-
worthy of yourself. I simply shan't
answer it or discuss the subject fur-
ther."
Her eyes searches] any face, then
her lips curved in a secret little smile.
"Very well," she said quietly. "We'll
never mention it again." In an unaf-
fected way that set my pulses gallop-
ing, she held up her mouth to me. enough to emit a thread of light. TThe divined the origin of everything m
"Kiss me once more. , Good -by." discovery gave me a distinct shock. her conduct of the earlier hours that
The circumstance, whatever the had been inexpuicable to me. The
cause was irregular. Rarely if ever fight between her inclination and a
was the door unlocked before eight noble, if mistaken notion of duty to
of a morning. ' me; the impulsive abandonment of
What fresh viliaincy was afoot? herself to the passion that burned in
Prudence suggested that I would bet- her own heart; the infinite tenderness
ter not undertake an investigation with which she had said good -by, all
portend? The maggot of disquiet that raged in her heart. I knew it to be. I shall be more severely criti- activities, to reach more of the young
still gnawed at nes brain, , must be truly terrible to overcome her cised; my antecedents twill be dragged people in the country and interest
An elevator boy, only half awake, habitual poise and self-control even i out into the open and the spotlight them in clean amusements, sports and
contemplated my unseasonable ap- to this extent. kept constantly upon them. Your ad- recreations. The local fairs also
pearance with surprise. i Involuntarily I started forward. 1 vancement will correspondingly in -1 are prominent among the community
"Gee, Mr. Ferris," he saluted me,1 "Lois," I called softly. And as she crease the humiliation and emarrass- i events attended by the farmer. In
"this must be your busy day!" (started up quickly it was to find her- ment of having your wife the Baugh- Dundas and Carleton counties no or -
"I expect it to be," I told him. !self encircled by my arms. My ter,of a murderer, a thief, a creature ganized clubs for games were met
A few seconds later I was startled darling girl—what does this mean? i whose very name is synonymous with with, while in Waterloo, 13 reported
at finding my office door not only un -I But even while asking the question all this is base, ignoble, mean, wicked a football club, and in Northumber-
locked, but a trifle ajar—barely I knew what it meant. All at once I and cruel." land, six reported baseball clubs,
(To be continued.) Only one of the 400 farmers visited
mentioned attending a literary so-
ciety. Twenty-five per cent. of the
SOLDIERS SING IN TRENCHES homes had no musical instrument of
"Until I see you at the office, you
mean," I amended.
She didn't say what she meant; the
cryptic expression remained upon her
countenance. When I left I carried
with me a vivid memory of it—baf-
fling, inscrutable, the reflection of a
deep -laid purpose, she meant not to without the supporting presence of were now accounted for—she had re -
reveal. The longer I thought about it someone else; but this recommenda- solved to run away, to take herself
tion of timidity was promptly dismiss- out of my life. My heart was over -
ed. Besides, except a . possible ole- flowing.
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boy, it was more than likely I She was scarcely startled. She re -
could find nobody in the entire build- garded me with tear -dimmed eyes.
ing above the street floor. I was not,' "Brice," she said in a voice list -
moreover, proud of the figure I had so less with despondency and discour-
far cut in every crisis. agement, "of all mornings, why did
However, with the memory of what you have to choose this one to in -
1 d tl h d b d th' trude upon me here?"
I tried to answer li htl hot lin
to recon y appene he
is,
same door fresh in mind, candor g y, g
obliges me to confess that I did not her close to me and smiling into her
at once enter. I had to summon all distressed eyes.
my resolution before I pushed open' "Have you made a practice of com-
the door and sent an apprehensive ing here so early and crying on my
i look skirting round the room. ! desk?" I asked, At once, though,
There were just two things I no-' I soberly added: "But I know what
ticed as being out of place or ems' you mean sweetheart; I understand concrete.
usual: a fresh -looking traveling -bag a good deal at this moment that has Possibly the nervousness of the
stood upon Lois's typewriter desk, puzzled and grieved me. Thank God Germans also accounts for their in -
and the communicating door between for having brought me here in time dustry in mining towards whatever
the two rooms was also partially to prevent you from doing anything salient gives us some vantage. These
The British Are Undisturbed By Mine
Explosions.
A correspondent at British Head-
quarters in France writes: Some
curious structures of concrete, like
pepper castors in shape, have been
built in places along the enemy front.
They naturally get the attention they;
deserve. At one spot our men no-'
Creed a cupola had been constructed,I
or rather a hurtle back, not very ap-
parent. One of our howitzers was
asked to try his weight at the object,
and put over some shells with excell-
ent aim. One went through the targ-
et, throwing up indistinguishable rub-
bish, When the smoke and dust
cleared the turtle back was seen to
be smashed, showing twisted iron
girders within and a mass of wire,
which looked like uncoiled springs,
evidently the reinforcement of the
op ! so foolish as you have been contem- in a p 1' ly horrible , for one
en, I re ecutar
Again I had to muster up courage Plating. never knows now, when interested in
before.I could tiptoe half the room's' My glance went back to the blot- a corner of a fire trench, whether or
ii) -pad. where her hand had been a volcano under
any kind; 39 per cent. had pianos.—
F.C.N. in Conservation.
Systematic Farming.
Poor health drove Morris IL Crock-
ett from the city to a little five -acre
fruit and poultry farm in California.
Previous to his removal to the coun-
try, Mr. Crockett had been a success-,
ful business man.
For the first three years he lost
money. He had fancy and utility ,
poultry, early and late apples, Logan
berries, strawberries alai rh•rhates'
laudst nhy hle was losing money, ne did
snot know. The fourth year he decid-
Ito apply to his business of farm-
ing the same principles that he had
applied to the city business of which
he had been manager. This :evolved
' a bookkeeping system, and during all
of that year he kept accurate ac-
counts for every department of his
]little farm. At the end of the year
he did away with fancy poultry,
plowed up his rhubarb and straw-
berries, and specialized on early ap-
ples and utility poultry. These his
books revealed, were the money mak-
i
length and peep in at the aperture. I t ;not there as foot. The
Ihalted upon the threshold, prey to a lay art envelope addressed td' me, up- 'unconcern of our men, who cannob al -
1 mixture of emotions that ranged all on top it her key to the office door, !was be euro that such an unpleasant
'the way from astonishment to ten-; "Blit you can't prevent me," sheltie !ways be
trench warfare has
derness. i molested with sudden intensity, "you reached them, is astonishing.
There was a ::hobby old leather can't—you can't! My mind is made, Recetly a colonel informed me with
seated chair, remarkably comfortable,' up; nothing can stop me now. I a grim smile that when, many hours
which my stenographers had always ]know"- She broke off and hid her after the German mine had exploded,
used when taking dictations. It stood face upon my shoulder. "0h, why diel his working party got at a few of his
facing my own swivel -chair across the you have to come!" she moaned.' men who were imprisoned, the fel-
wide table -desk, and until Luis's ad- "My way was best. You would not lows were grinning when hauled out,
vent had been something of an eye- listen to me last might This only and then began to sing amusing non -
sore. But it had been consecrated by makes is so much harder ---so hitter,' sense. Singing, indeed, is common in
her use of it, and I would not have bitter hard." 3 our fir` trench,
discarded it now for worlds. So much I presses] her head to me and gently; The Welshmen not to he worried
had happened einee first she sat in caressed the sunny hair, whose rich,' by any thought: of hidden dynamite,
that old chair, shimmering abundance neither hat make Eistecldfoclau of their spells in
And at this vets instant she was nor veil could entirely confine. She the front line. The Germans are
seated in it. Her right arm was ex- did ilot resist; but there.was a hope-`. welcome to what they can make of
tended tteress the desk so that one less, apathetic note in her voice, a' 'amen who, in winter trench warfare ---
little gloved hand lay upon my blot-
ting -pad. The other arm rested upon
the disk, end with that 'hand she teas
t
drooping dullness in her hearing, that and the second scar of it—sing in a
gave me a pang of alarm. Endear-; way which attracts the pleased atten-
ments and caresses alike had lost their, tion of listeners who aro musical.
potency to touch licr now. 11 would; And these mines are generally less
WORMSt' tabo no casste ten shake herde-'successful thart one conic possibly
"Wari:ty," were what's she matter of 'em. Stema,•1, end
intestinal -Korn „ Nearly es batt OA distemper, Conyou
u
to6 ,veli. to mri. Louts bnel�^-Bre bad, Don't physio
'ern to death. Spoil -airs Compound will remeve the worms,
Jinnnnovo the appetite and tone'em 1111 All round, and don't
physic," Aet8011 glands and blood. Pun dlronti"ns with
each bottle, and sold by all drugltls'ts,
groXX s4Eaxasz Co., (ihecuets, ceeehest eee,,.
termination ! guess, Our communique gave news
It would be useless to recount at of no fewer that five that had been
length all the arguments I brought! sprung recently on quite a short front
to bear to overcome her misguided re-' near the genies north of Loos. Tlio
solve; she met them one and all in the' Germans mast have hoped for great
gam` lifeless tone and dispirited man-,resuits from five mines not fee apart
nee; but the resolve remained stead- and simulbaneopsly fired on one night,
fast, She talked with u frankness, art; Actually we had few casualties, and
utter freedom from reserve, that fans! the Germans never had a chance of
fled my passion to white heat and in- occupying the er•aters,
existence.
League Objects.
"Objects of the league:
"1—To enroll 1,000,000 , members
who will take the Anti -German pledge.
"2—To amend the law relating to
alien immigration and the naturaliza-
tion of Germans as British subjects.
"3—To influence legislation for a
protective and, if necessary, prohibi-
tive tariff on all German and Aus-
trian -made goods.
"4—To investigate German pa -
bents, processes, and monopolies with
a view to imparting knowledge and
ent plots, the average figures show information to British traders, menu -
fairly consistent increases with the facturers, and others who desire to
increase in potash: The plots without work same.
potash yielded 110 barrels, or 302 Financial Assistance.
bushels . of merchantable potatoes. „5—To assist in returning to Par-
liament plots with two and five per cent. liament any candidates, irrespective
potash gave practically the same of party, who will pledge themselves
yields of 116 barrels, or 320 bushels to support the objects of the league,
per acre. The eight per cent. potash and generally to arrange g series of
plots averaged to sled 120 barrels, or lectures m all ll thet t
331 bushels per acre. This is en gree owns and
• • • • the throughout the country for the
increase of 10
barrels from eight purpose of obtaining public support
per cent. plots over the no potash anti approval."
plots. This amount is undoubtedly
large enough to be significant, and to --�
indicate that the potash increases CANADA'S GRAIN CPOP.
the yield of potatoes in Aroostook
county. On the other hand, 110 bar -
(302 bushels) per acre is a good
yield --considerably above the aver-
age, and nearly double the average in
the county in 1915. So far as the re-
sults of this one year are concerned,
they indicate that a profitable yield
of potatoes can be obtained on Aroo-
stook soil without the addition of
potash for at least one year."
What is true of these soils applies
in no less degree to our soils in Can-
ada. There are few soils inched in
produce 250,000,000 bushels of wheat.
which there are not thousands of
pounds of potash in the first few That would, have been nearly 80,000,:
inches. This potash can be rendered 000 bushels more than in 1934, or an
available by incorporating humus into increase of about 66 per, ecnb. But
the soil and through cultivation, con- they did a great deal better than that.
serving the mo}stare. They raised 336,268,000 bushels, an
increase of 108 per cent. Of oats the
soil yielded 481,000,000 bushels, an in-
crease of forty-six per cent,; barley,
50,868,000 bushels, an increase 03
thirty-seven per cent,,; rye, 2,478,588
bushels, an increase of 181/2 per cent.;
flax, 12,604,700 bushels, an increase of
nearly forty per cent, The total in-
crease in these five grains was 847,-
777,700 70
0 bush}
S cls, or sixty-five per cent,
Tu quantity the root and fodder
crops were smaller than in :1914, but
their value, according to the figures
issued by bhe Statistical Bureau, was
larger by $4,152,000 than that of the
previous year, being placed at $280,-
379,000,
No olltcial valuation of the grain
crops has yet been made by the Bur-
eau, but experts of the Department
of Agriculture estimate that the ;ag-
gregate value of all crops (grain,
fodder and roots) will be $280,000,-
000 in excess of 1014. if this estim-
ate is correct, the betel vain be about
3888,580,000 compared with $638,-
580;300 the previous year, a groin of
about forty per cent -
The foregoing does not include the
3345,000,000 in orders placed by the
Shell Committee or thnse orders oh -
twined by private companies direct.
"I lumw a man who has the power
of making all persons show his
hands." "Who is lie?" "M'y glove
dealer."
)14
Great Revival in Trade Coming. •'
• All who are pessimistic about coni-
mercial conditions in Canada just now
should read "Our Great Revival in
Trade", an article by the well-known
trade expert, W. L. Edmonds which
appears in The Canadian Magazine
for February. According to deduc-
tions made by Mr Edmonds from •
Government reports, the farmers were
urged by the Department of ag3icul-
ture at Ottawa to make an effort to
zlit fir' omA'al i6r.og
eu
:sunk
Tlow is rheumatism recognized 'P Some have said—
Rheumatism is a dull pain.
Rheumatism is a sharp pain,
Rheumatism is sore muscles.
Rheumatism is stiff joints.
Rheumatism is a shifting pain.
All have declared—Rheumallsm is Pain.
Sloan's Liniment applied:—
The blood begins to flow freely—the body's
warmth is renewed -tile congestion disap-
pears—the pain is gone.
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