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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1916-8-5, Page 2THE ` r iIELAPSE OF - E OCH NT ♦ � ORTtTI By ISABI L GORDON CURTIS, Author of " The Woman from Wolvertons CHAPTER VIII.—(Cont'd).. o x. e Dorcas glanced at the handful men cowering in a shadowed corn A sudden fear seized her, the feminin terror of midnight streets. "You don't imagine," she whisper ed, "that I shall have any trouble It is possible I am making amistak in the man. Are they dangerou characters among them?" No saifl th exact] dangerous," t Y officer slowly. "If they're danger ous it's from hunger. It ain't one a year ycla find a crook in the brea line. it's too easy to spot them, waiting as they do for an hour or two in that light." • "Thank you," said the girl. Sh crouched behind a half -drawn curtai in the shadow of the carriage, watch ing eagerly the gathering of homeless, hungry men, They began to creep toward the bakery front every direc them with a shambling tion, most of step that told of ill -shod feet or sham ed reluctance to beg for food. Th skies had been lowering for hour and just before midnight the first storm of the winter came down, It began with keen, tiny needles of ice, but they stung and froze, for the wind drove them in merciless, piercing flur- ries. The loitering men crowded to- gether and turned their faces sullen- ly from each furious cloud of sleet. Hunger was bitter enough without the storm. Dorcas watched through misty eyes. She wondered at the still patience of the throng, Below her in a basement a warm red light burn- ed, and through an open door the wind blew the fragrance of boiling coffee across the street. She saw a man thrust a slim white-faced boy into a shelter between the wall and himself. "If I were starving I couldn't be patient and courteous,' she thought. "The smell of food would madden me, I would batter a door down." She started suddenly, then for a moment she scarcely breathed. Down Tenth street slouched a tall, stooping figure. The man wore a shabby overcoat which covered his body al- most to the feet; its collar was burn- ed high about his neck and an old slouch hat shadowed his face. Dorcas could see little between but a bristling beard. The keenest detective search- ing for Andrew Merry would not (rave glanced twice at the figure; Dorcas' eyes followed it with grave perplexity. She had been startled into recogni- tion the night before when the man pulled the shabby hat down over his face. She caught a glimpse of Mer- ry's long, white, slender lingers and noted an impatient, peculiarly grace- ful gesture which was characteristic of him. Dorcas had seen it frequent- ly, sometimes when he was on the stage, sometimes while he had talked with her. He paused before facing the glare of Braodway and pulled the hat brim carefully about his face; it might have been for shelter from the sting- ing blasts of sleet or for better con- cealment. Then he seemed to gather himself together with energy born of despair. He dapped quickly forward and took his place at the end of the bread line. A hundred men stood be- tween him and the beneficence of food. Others were closing in behind him. 1 Here and there one man turned to speak to another; the man Dorcas was watching stood immovable. He thrust his hands deep in his overcoat pockets his eyes were fixed on the whitening sidewalk beside him. Dorcas turned to the opposite window and nodded with an eager gesture to the officer. His hand went up. He spoke to the cabman in a low voice. "Drive round through University J and beckoned Merry to enter he hes - tated, the blood flushing into his wan face. "What do you want, Miss Dorcas?" he asked gtietly, "I want to talk with you," answered e the girl. "Do get in, please—out of e the storm." s Merry handed her in, then follow ed anti shut the door. "I cannot g e home with you," he announced stub born] , _ Y e "Enoch is away. He's in Montreal d and there is nobody at home excep silence after Jason had carried away the dishes. Their quiet was broken when the clock struck one. The men started. "Miss Dorcas; you wanted me here to talk, I cannot rob you of a night's sleep." "I am as wide awake as a cricket. slept all the afternoon." "First of all," Merry asked gravely, "hew did you find pie? Scores of men and women passed me day after day, people I helve known for years. Not The Cream Separator. Ib b wonderful nderful to reflect ,par th 0 one of them recognized me," Progress that the cream separator ha "They were not searching for you." made during the last few years, Ther "You were?" 1 are now very few', farms where dairy Dorcas nodded, ' ing is carried on that have not thei "How did you find me?" he per- ( separator, even though the peep] listed, running them may be antiquated i "Last night on niy way home from ,regard .to their methods hi other re the theatre with Mr. Oswald our cab i spects• stopped ham block, and it was opposite) It requires very little demonstratin where—that line of men stood. I was ' to convince anyone that a cream se- o looking at them when I saw you pull I parator is a great saving over the old down your hat. When Mr. Oswald pan method of seearing cream. A se left me here I drove back to Tenth parator takes up much less room i street, but the line had dispersed. F the dairy than the setting pans, and`" went again to-night—just hoping." I obtains a greater yield of butter from "Who is Mr. Oswah.? asked Merry } the milk used Moreover the cream e r e n Jason and nte. I have so much to s to you," she cried appealingly. "W can't talk driving through bhe stree e on such a night as this." n Merry stared at her for a minut _ with dogged obstinacy in his gaze. "Won't you come?" urged bhe gir impetuously. Her color deepened an _ an eager light shone in her eye; "There is so much 1 want to say. W shall. be quite alone. You can true _ih I e Jason. Afterwards you may g s away—if you wish—ancl I will pro mise never to attempt to find you. will try to forget you." Merry stretched out his hand and touched her arm, leaning forward un- til his face wa selose to hers. "Miss Dorcas, don't say that. Since I lef you that night on Juniper Point 1 have lived a lifetime of happiness and horror and remorse. One think alone has saved me from going over the brink of the precipice, simply one thing." He lifter his eyes to hers. I "The one thing," he repeated, "that I could not fling away was the mem- I cry that you trustee me, that you be- , YI rt ae abraptly. I front the separator is quite sweet, an "Don't you know? Haven't you been therefore the ripening of it is mor is reading the papers? Mr. Oswald is i easily controlled than where pans ar the man who is Putti•''; on your play." employed, which develop . a certai e 1 "My play?" Andrew dropped his amount of acidity or other ferment half -smoked cigar an the table, due to bacterial activity while th d"Your play," repeated Dorcas in a cream is rising. quiet tone. "They have been search- When the cream separator is care e ing every -where for you to play 'John fully managed the skim milk should Esterbrook,' Enoch is in Montreal not contain more than 0.1 per cent, of now, looking for you," butter fat, and thus the butter yield is a e e a s e 0 B ° Merry laughed harshly. increased by 10 to 12 per cent. as corn - 'The The girl clasped her hands togeth- Pared with the old pan setting system" This liaved in me. and were waiting for me to make good." "I trust you now," cried the girl, her voice breaking into a sob. "I am still waiting for you to make good. Won't yc.e come hom with me?" The cab stopped in front of the Waverly Place home. Merry followed her reluctantly up the steps. She paused for a moment while she ad- ljusted the key in the lock. "Would you mind seeing Jason?" she asked hesitatingly. "He can help you with dry clothes. He will be as glad to see you as I am." "Ring for ,him," answered Merry quietly. "Jason and I are old pals." Half and hour later Merry walked into the library where Dorcas was Waiting for him, It seemed as if the mere resumption of clean, com- fortable clothing, even though hunger still marked him, had given the man fresh valor ,new dignity. He laughed nervously. "Ib is a re- juvenation, isn't it?" he asked as he glanced at himself in the mirror. "Jason unearthed some duds I once Jason was an excellent valet, and a hot bath, a shave, and fresh raiment had made a man of Merry. The lock of fair hair which habitually fell over his forehead made him look almost boyish, although his face was pallid and careworn. "I have eaten nothing since morn- ing," Dorcas said. "I told Jason to serve supper here, on a little table be- side the fire, where it is cozy and cheerful." Merry dropped into a chair. He wondered if the intense enjoyment of the good things of life was pure sensu- ousness. The odder of hot coffee, the sight of a daintily set table, the ra- diance of a coal fire, the glow of red- :rhad,:11 lights, and the storm shut out - loom brought a tingling pleasure which seemed like mere animal grati- cation. He shivered for a moment as he listened to the storm. He won.- dered what had made it possible for Min- or • to brave homelessness and and squalor. Looking back on it e realized he had borne it as a man Ives through pain under the power of a n anesthetic. The misery of his mind had caulled the cordid wretched- ness of mere existence. To Merry that supper was afee- tival, not wholly because it was the satisfying of ravenous appetite, but mune it was the crisis of his life. orcas sensed that if her own hunger as real, Merry would not feel that he was feeding a famished outcast. Jaeon beamed upon them in sheer en- oyment when he brought in full lace to Tenth—then up toward roadway. Pall up half -way down he block." The man turned his horse and mov- ed down the street. CHAPTER IX, Dorcas breathed a sigh of relief b when her cab drew up beside the D bread line. She had thought during w j her brief 'drive around the block of the possibility . that the man might leave his place; but there he stood against the stinging eddies of sleet. d She stepped from the carriage and D passed swiftly along the sidewalk be- h side the line of a city's poor, She fi hesitated for a few seconds when she a reached the corner, then she stretched f out her hand and lay', it on the wet w sleeve, of the man before her. He turned and stared at her for one dao - ed moment, He did not speak. In- stinctive courtesy reminded him that ingly this was no place for a woman In a midnight storm, end his desire to pro- tect her -causal the Hunger to be for- gotten. He stepped quietly from the sidewalk and without a word moved beside her down the street, The movement caused a scoreof men to turn with quick curiousity, but sud- denly a cry ran down the lino; "The door's open!" Everything else yield. etl to the march toward food. Dorcas swiftly led the way to the earringe, When she opened the door ishes and carried away empty ones. orcas was light-hearted and gay, as appy as they had been during their rat acquaintance at the shore. For moment" while Merry drank his cof- ee, the memory of a few horrible ecke intruded on the present, "Miss Dorcas," he began abruptly, Why did you—" She stretched out her hand appeal - "Don't bring in whys—now. We so comfortable. I don't ask for an ex- planation, --I don't want to give any. Can't you sec Pen in Happy Valley for a little while? I am so glad to have you her again," Merry smiled into her eyes. "I'll obey you, bless your gentle heartl". The girl rose and reached to a shelf behind her for a box of cigars. Merry lie One, lounged back in a cushioned I;haire and puffed rings of smoke towards the red fire. They sat in er. Mr. Merry, tell me, are you and makes aconsiderable difference Enoch no longer friends?" in the course of a year where good dairy cows are employed, and would soon pay far the separator. With care a separator will Iast for many years and it is generally through carelessness or ignorance that it breaks down. It is import- ant that the separator bearings be web oiled in order to avoid friction and wearing out of parts. Before starting to separate all the sight feed lubricators should be full, and tested to see that the yare in working order. The separatod should always be start- ed very slowly, and the speed work - Andrew picked up his cigar and puffed it until the roti spark revived, Then he laughed again. "We are not exactly friends. Has he told you anything?" (To be continued). NATURE GUARDS SECRETS. Centuries of Study Yield Little to Moon. Greenwich, England, observatory was founded by Charles II. mainly for the purpose of investigating the move- ed up gradually, and no milk let into ments of the moon in the interests of the bowl until it is runnin at full navigation, but though generations of speed. g two astr veronomers have in the and a half centuries been tervening workin The milk should be separated as at the problem, the moon has not yet soon as it ]eaves the cow, as fab is lost been amenable to their mathematics. in the skim milk when the milk es The astronomer royal, in his report of skimmed below a temperatureoof 85 the work at Greenwich during the last deg F. If coldbmilk has upo be dealt year, calls attention to the increasing - 100 ft should be warmed to from ly big deviation between the calculated 100 to 120 deg. F. just before being position of the moon in the sky and separated. The separator should be its real position as shown by the washed immediately after using. If Greenwich observations. loft for some time, as is often done, it This deviation has lately been in- gives the slime a chance to dry on the creasing in a serious manner, the `er- interior of the bowl, and then more ror last year being more than 12 times time and trouble are required to re - ns large as it was 20 years ago, the move it than if the cleaning were ef- average annual increase amounting in fected as soon as the milk has passed the two decades to half a second of through the machine. arc in longitude. The cause of the Immediately after use all the parts with which the milk co failure of astronomers to make the cornea into con- failure amenable to their exact methe- tact should be taken apart and washed matics, based on the dynamical laws with lukewarm water. Hot water of gravitation, is believed to be some should not be used, as it causes part attractive force of which we are at 01 the milk to cake on, and form a re- present ignorant, though in all prob- ability one factor is the true shape of the earth, which still awaits accu- rate determination. Fortunately the chronometer and wireless telegraph scalding water. have made seamen virtually independ- The creamy matter left inthe bowl fuge for germs which taint milk. After this the parts should be wash- ed in fairly hot water contaniing a little soda, and then be dipped in ent of lunar observations in ascer- taining their position in the trackless oceans. No man is too poor to give advice. If a man doesn't marry awoman because she is pretty or because she. has money, it's a pretty sure sign he is in love with her. may be put in the pig tub, and care must be taken to thoroughly clean the bowl of all the slime present after se- parating. The amount of slime in the bowl is a good indication as to whether the milk has been obtained in a cleanly manner or not. The dirtier the milk the more slime there will be present in the bowl. ;DAUGHTER Of: LATE PREBi ENT0RCLEVELAND NOW A NURSE IEt Mbar Mather Cleveland (lett), a daugbtcr'of the late Glover Cleveland, on. time 3reafdent of the united Statds, as she appears In the toulform of a nisi in the European war zone. On the right Is Slater Pat, a nurse Who has had, decorated for bravery on the allied front. In order to secure the best results the -separator must be worked at the correct speed, which must be main- tained at a uniform speed until all the 3tilk is separated. Cows Need Mineral Matter. That pigs require a considerable amount of fnineeel matter in their fggd is pretty well known but that cows will sometimes suffer from want of it is not so well known, Salt, of course, is always fed to the stock by careful a ui feeders alI thear d they ear round. t, The late Herr Kellner estimated that a cow giving twenty pounds, of milk per day should receive about three and a half ounces of"lime per day. Many eases have been observed where cows had abnormal appetitiea and developed the habit of eating wood, etc., that when a sufficient amount of lime was fed the desire to gnaw wool and eat filth stopped. In sections where the water is soft many good dairymen put lime in the water trough so as to make sure that the animals will get enough of this very important food cpnstituent. The old saying that "a limestone country is a rich country" emphasizes the value of the lime, and it is a well known fact that the bigest boned and thriftiest cattle are raised where the soil has an abundance of lime. Writing in Wallace's Farmer some time ago, Mr. C. II. Eckles, of the University of Missouri, wrote: "The use of clover, alfalfa, or cowpea hay, in the ration will make certain that this trouble (lack of lime in the feed) will not occur. These foods are the highest in Iime content of any which we ordinarily feed. Corn, on the other hand, is the most deficient in lime of all grains ordinarily fed. A pouml of alfalfa hay contains practi- cally the same amount of lime as 100 pounds of corn. "We found a herd of dairy cattle in this state suffering from slack of lime -and on investigation it was dis- covered that thecows, which were producing 36 pounds of milk a day, were actually giving off more lime in their feed. Probably no trouble would have resulted except for the fact that the preceding summer had been dry and the grass short, making it impossible for the cows to acetinne- late a reserve supply of dime." Which of These is the Better ? Two men were leaning over the pas-' tore bars. "Yes, sir, that colt is for sale, but he belongs to my son, in the field yon- der. You'll have to bargain with him," said the farmer, motioning to the boy. "He'll be here presently and you can talk to him," "That boy!" ejaculated the strang- er. "Yes, George is seventeen and a smarter boy never was raised on any farm—if I do say it. You ought so hear him in debate. He can hold his end with the best of 'em.. He raised that colt and the sale money saving for a course in an agricultural college, then I'll step down, and out he'll run the old farm. Here George, this man is looking at your two-year-old." The bargain was soon concluded, but not before the buyer had learned that the seventeen -year-old boy was akeen judge of horse flesh end knew the worth of his colt. Two men were leaning over the pas- ture bars. e"Yes, sir, them steers are as good as ever was raised in this town. That boy over there calls+'en, his, and has fussed with 'em ever since they were calves. Hey? Oh, that mattes no difference when it comes to selling. They were fed from my mow, and I reckon the cash goes into my pocket. Boys are ungrateful nowadays, He keeps talking of quitting and I can't keep Trim longer than he is twenty- one. 'He might take the old farm nd let me have a rest, but he will of listen to that. Well—it can't be helped as T see. You don't offer uite what I consider the steers worth, but there's no use in feeding em any longer, They're yours." Width boy made a successful, con- ented farmer, and why 1—Western a ' n q Farmer. HUNS ARE GLUTTONS. Eat Far More Than Other People, When Possible. Though the HIuns are beginning' to complain that they ere being starved,' yet what is starvation to them is plenty to most nations, says Lendggn AnaWers, Before the war the Germans, both trean dzid. womep, were the biggest egt- dr of any one the ,Continent, The a1ere a tier##gnan iegspie With coffee and Milk betWee Wren and eight in the morning. Abost ten there le a pleat breakfast1 gide o'clock a Toch' peaty meg,��' e i@out twice mticl� as a>'i ugltbl lunch, with beer et line, or both, At fee, cakes, cho- ¢oli tJ and nittrl,ipans are invariably y eatell. At 13 p.m. come supper, almost ns. dda inner, and sash pr Y d , a aistliig i)f a tert1, YAutten, beef or he4e1 tee the }i yea] with wrYr, l Of Course You Need 01 O'RN 8fliAR'$rdb� ice Cream comes out of the freezer 14 wlib a velvety smoothness—and a new do 1 1 usn s—wb n e it is made ade I r e as (tl BENSON'S, W i '0 And It Is pretty hardtoask tor any- thing more delicious titan aChocoo ®Blanc Mange or Cream Custard with Fruit, made of Benson's Corn Starch. (! Our new Reotpe Book "Desserts end Candies tells how and.hew much to ��pt} use. Write for a copy to our Montreal '�1 Office -and. be suet tell your grocer to gond BENSON 8, thtany In Canada for more than half a century. II THE CANADA 814801 CD. LIMITED MONTRCAL, CARDINAL, 05ANTF000, 216 FORT WILLIAM. AIL PTJT IN LAYER. OF MAGGOTS. German Baker Also Mixed Ants an Bugs in His Cakes. The Berlin Vorwaerts says:—Th unscrupulous manner in which th preparation of various articles of foo is being carried on has again been strikingly exemplified in Leipzig. A master baker, C. A. Rabitz, th owner of one of the foremost fashion able establishments in Leipzig, ha been found guilty of the most shame less transgression of all existing law and regulations. His worst practie of all was to bake live maggots in his cakes. On an assistant showing him that the dough was full of these vermin, Rabitz contented himself with cover- ing them up beneath a layer of dough. "No need to remove the maggots," he observed, "people will eat the cakes all the same." The maggot paste was thereupon duly baked into cakes. Rabitz had also prepared another kind of confection, styled "dessert cake," from ground wood and potato flour, in which quantities of ants and even bugs were present. This infamous specimen of the baker tribe received five months' im- prisonment besides being condemned to pay a fine of £31. d e a e s s e --4 Kitchener Predicted Death. When Lord Kitchener was in France some three months ago, visiting the British front, he met his friend the naval Capt. Test, de Balincourt, then on service at Dunkirk, whom Lord Kitchener asked to be his special aid if he should need one later, during the war. Lord Kitchener bold his friend how a heavy shell had burst close to him while on this visit, but added, "that did not disturb me, for I know that' I shall die at sea." Chickens Now $4 Apiece. The London Times Berne corres- pondent quotes an American from Brussels as saying that the conclusion of that city is outwardly little chang- ed; that the chief privation is the ab- sence of news, Food commands ex- travagant prices, bread being thirteen cents and meat of all kinds a dollar a pound. Chickens are from $2 to $4 apiece. Butter is a dollar a pound. There is mach distress and even star- vation in the sw roundding country. --- Madge (reading letter from brother at the front)--" John says a bullet went right through his hat without touching him." Old Auntie—" What a blessing he had his hat on, dear." ifilleeriEMITHEMENIMeeereeleeleaRaIRS I'I Preserved Raspberries will keep their natural color if you use the pure sane sugar which dissolves at once, Order ley name in original packages. 2 and 5-1b cartons 10 and 204b bags PRESERVING LABELS l 1tEE Send red ball trnde-innrk cut from a bag or carton to Atlantic Sugar Refineries Ltd, 7'oradr Yaldik,. 1t,t,ltrcal .f3 >'.,. HISTORIC BATTLES FOUGHT IN PICARDY THE 13RRITISH WON TWO GREAT VICTORIES. Ancient French Province Produced Many Noted Names of Chivalry, If historical associations inspire to brave deeds, the British forces in their offensive against the Germans along the Somme River should be heartened to extraordinary acts cf valor by bhe thought that they are fighting in Picardy, says n war gdo- gra•phy bulletin of the National Geo- graphic, gra phic Thisancient F tent province of raphe, now divided into four departments — the Somme, Oise, pas -de -Calais, and Aisne—has two battlefields whose very names quicicen the pulse of Eng nehmen, for it was at Crecy that the Black Prince won his spurs, and Agincourt that Henry V., commanding his yeomen with their cloth -yard bows, utterly overthrew the flower of French chivalry. Valiant French Soldiers. Picardy is a treasured name in re - mantic literature and in Preneh his- tory, Ib had a literature of its own in the twelfth century and its soldiers were among the most valiant in France, being known as the Gascony of the North. The province was a natural battle- ground for the French and English during the Mulched Years' War, for its shores extend along the North Sea and the English Channel, from the River As, above Calais, to a point be- low Dieppe. Fifteen miles north of Abbeville, one of the principal cities of Picardy, is Crecy, where, until late in the nineteenth century, there still stood the old windmill from which Edward III. of England in 1348 watched his beloved son, the first Prince of Wales, at that time only 18 years of age, triumph over Philip of Valois. On this occasion the English were outnumbered four to one, and they wrought terrible havoc among the enemy, the losses of the vanquish- ed being variously estimated at from 10,000 to 30,0.00. One of those who fell in this fight was the chivalrous John, King of Bohemia, who, although blind, led a heroic charge for his French ally. Some historians trace the Prince of Wales' crest of three os- trich feathers and the motto "Tei dien" (I serve), to this battle, the Black Prince adopting them from the fallen John fn memory of the event. Henry Fifth's Great Battle. Less than 20 miles north-east of Crecy is Agincourt, where English archers, nearly 70 years later, after letting fly their clouds of arrows against the heavily armored nobles, attacked them with hatches as they floundered helplessly in mud. Five thousand Frenchmen of noble births, including their commander, d'Albert, constable of France, fell in this bat- tle, while the estimate of English losses was astonishingly low, some chroniclers giving only 13 men at arms and 100 foot soldiers. Several towns of Picardy—Amiens, Soissons, and Beauvais—owe their names to the ancient tribes which in- habited this section, known as Belgica Secunda; when the Romans maintain- ed armed camps along the valley of the Somme, Ih the third century Christianity was introduced, and St. Quentin, from whom the important town 20 miles east of Peronne gets its name, was martyred at thab time, Picardy was the heart of Merovingi- an France in the ilfth century, for Clovis named Soissons as his capital. while Charlemagne designaoed Noyon as hie principal city, and the lesser Laos.Carolingians in turn similarly honored 1 By the treaty of Arras in 1435 the royal towns of the Somme Valley were ceded to Burgundy, but 42 years later, after the death of Charles the Bold, Louis XI regained them. During its brief eras of peace the province thriv- ed as a centre of the weaving industry Flemish immigrants having introduc- ed 'the ntroduc-ed'the art. He Was Wise. He had been calling on her twice a week for six months, but had not pro- posed, I•Ie was a wise young man. and didn't think it necessary, "Ethel," he said, as they were bak- ing a stroll one evening, "I—er—am going to ask you an important ques- tion." "Oh, George," she exclaimed, "this is so sudden. Why, t---..' "What I want to ask is this," he interrupted "Whet date have you ami your mother decided upon for our wedding?'-._ . German Butcher Fined $5,000. A Cologne butcher named Sommes has been sentenced to jail for two years and fined 20,000 marks ($5,000) for withholding front sale a large amount of meat end also for seeret- l"y selling meat assigned for sale in Cologne to Dresden dealers at groat profit" This is the heaviest eentence yet reported for violation of the food dietribetion laws. Proving it—" I gave you a penny yesterday to be good, and to -day you nre ;iu;a. fin had as can be," Willie --e "'Yes ; Pin trying to ehow that you get your money's Worth yesterday."